How do hexadecimal numbers or whatever work?

65536 = FFFF

16 x 16 x 16 x 16 = 65536

hexidecimal jsut reminds me of tetra master

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Originally Posted by Roogle

How do you know about the hexadecimal system, Renmiri? It doesn't sound like a motherly thing to know.

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She used to work for Motorola :p

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Originally Posted by Peter_20

I recently learned that 65535 equals to FFFF in hexadecimal numbers or something; could you please tell me more on the subject?
How does it work?

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It doesn't.

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Originally Posted by Peter_20

I recently learned that 65535 equals to FFFF in hexadecimal numbers or something; could you please tell me more on the subject?
How does it work?

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Is that number special or something? 'cause that's the maximum PM's I'm allowed. I'm like totally freaked out now, it's like those numbers in Lost. :cry:

They equal 24 which is the number of hours in a day and also a popular television show on Fox. 2 + 4 = 6, the first number in the series!

CONSPIRACY!

it is the largest number that can be represented in binary countin - i think. So in that case 65535 is to binary what FFFFFF is to hex.

edit: That is prolly why max PMS are at that number levi. Programmers always run into that number on more structured (and powerful ) languages. This does not include VB developers. They are not programmers. :cool:

2^16 is 65536, so 65535 is the largest number you can store in two bits. 15 to store the digits and 1 to store the information about the file.

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Originally Posted by Levian

65535

Is that number special or something? 'cause that's the maximum PM's I'm allowed. I'm like totally freaked out now, it's like those numbers in Lost. :cry:

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Yes. It's 256*256-1, or 2^16, while 256 is 2^8.

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Originally Posted by Roogle

How do you know about the hexadecimal system, Renmiri? It doesn't sound like a motherly thing to know.

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This mother is an Electronics Engineer on sabbatical :p

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Originally Posted by Mirage

She used to work for Motorola :p

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:D Before kids :D

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Originally Posted by rubah

2^16 is 65536, so 65535 is the largest number you can store in two bits. 15 to store the digits and 1 to store the information about the file.

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Are you sure you're not thinking of two bytes? Because the maximum 2-bit value is 4. 2² :p.

6*9 = 42... in Base 13. Anyone who knows why I said that gets a cookie.

Gimme the cookie then.

I like the Base-Π number system :p

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Originally Posted by Firo Volondé

6*9 = 42... in Base 13. Anyone who knows why I said that gets a cookie.

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4 x 13 + 9 = 54

6 * 9 = 54

:monster: Coookie!!!

Life was just binary until women came along :greenie: