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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon wesbos

Selling 8 bit computer

Open JurgenG opened this issue 5 years ago • 3 comments

Actually it's 2 jokes in one...

JurgenG avatar Jun 14 '19 07:06 JurgenG

I don't get it 🤷‍♂

styfle avatar Jun 14 '19 14:06 styfle

Q: I'm selling my 8 bit computer. Do you want to buy it? The price is $256. A: Sure! Give me $1 and it's all mine. Q: Deal. You'll have to come and get it, I can't carry it.

256 = (binary) 100000000 = 0 in 8 bits and 1 carry bit that is overflowed. So I will take the '1' and carry it.

JurgenG avatar Jun 14 '19 14:06 JurgenG

Ok I understand now, 8 bits only goes to 255 so 256 would overflow.

But I think this is hard to derive from the joke. Perhaps it could be reworded so that the price is displayed on the 8 bit computer or something?

styfle avatar Jun 14 '19 14:06 styfle