You Know You're A Geek If...

40 and 40

20 and 60

etc...all powers of 2....

 

no, they aren't ... 2, 4 ,8, 16, ...

 

You said 80 before...not 8....but two numbers can make up an 8, too....so I think it is how one looks at it.....right?

i like 10's anyway.....

 

it has nothing to do with factors or multiplication, but rather exponentiation. if the base 2 logarithm of a number is an integer, then it is a power of 2.

1, 2, 4, 8

2^0, 2^1, 2^3, 2^4

log_2(1) = 0, log_2) = 1, log_2(4) = 2, log_2(8) = 4

notice one is the zeroeth power of 2, actually anything raise to the zeroeth power is 1. We'd refer to this as one bit, but normally when talking of powers of 2, we refer to exponents that are non-zero. Machines can't address individual bits all by themselves

 

Thank you and i appreciate you trying to explain that to me, but I kind of understand it, but don't too...i guess I am not a geek...not a math one anyway.....

 

edited the post above, when specifying logarithms the base has to be explicit (which logarithm?)

working on a project with 7-segment displays, shift registers, and a microcontroller to bit-bang the shift registers ... its a secret until i complete it

 

You can think of Exponential powers as how many times you multiply the number by itself.

2^3 = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8


2^5 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 32


2^8 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 256

 

OK, it is those big ass term words that are throwing me off......I had to look up logarithm...oh, that is what it means...how simple...i am good with math,.....yes, i am....

 

I was sure someone was going to tell me that SD memory was not RAM but flash memory. Flash memory is technically a type of RAM. Flash is now also used as device firmware on everything from TVs to phones to game consoles. This firmware used to be burned on write once ROM chips where an upgrade would require replacing the chip or chip. Device firmware is still often called a ROM even though it really isn't, "my Android phone is running a custom ROM".

 

Hello,

Hit me with your logarithm stick
Hit me, hit me
Je t'adore, ich liebe dich
Hit me, hit me, hit me
Hit me with your logarithm stick


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBIRj3JW3h0

Regards
Gyro

 

Hello,

you know you are a geek, if you



Regards
Gyro

 

Hello,

you know you are a geek if you

telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

Regards
Gyro

 

Hello,

you know you're a geek if you get out your homebrewed E field probe on Christmas Eve in the early morning and listen to an old Swedish machine transmitter called SAQ. They sent out Christmas greetings in morse code, which was a bit touching.

Regards
Gyro

 

you just know:

try this test:
I scored actually pretty good, but lots of room for improvement ...

https://www.cs.utah.edu/~scook/tech/hacker.htm

 

Reading through this thread reminded me of another acronym, for the 7 layer Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model:

All Policemen Seem To Need Dark Pants

Application Layer
Presentation Layer
Session Layer
Transport Layer
Network Layer
Data Link Layer
Physical Layer

http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/OSI_Layers.asp

 

"All Policemen Seem To Need Dark Pants"? Well never heard of that before...

 

yeah, for some reason I don't think that one is part of the OSI model ... must be undocumented.

 

You know your a paranoid geek when:

You change your IP address by unplugging the gear, even though you use TOR.

You clear your history and cookies between visiting websites.

 

you overwrite your swap space with "garbage" on a regular basis, change hostnames just because you can. When you don't care about upgrading the amount of memory in your machine because you know how much you typically use and know it would be pointless to have extra memory that won't even be utilized.

When you're pissed off about how poor your ISPs security is regarding their email servers (what competent sysadmin sets up an email server with insecure authentication!!!) ... and don't bother calling them about it because you're sure that they are "fully aware of the issues".

also, when you turn down offers for sex because you'd rather be writing code.