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09-21-2004, 01:27 PM
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Member (9 bit)
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: San Francisco
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What does (XX bits) mean after member name?
What's the meaning of the #bits after member name?
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09-21-2004, 01:30 PM
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Member (14 bit)
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Offenbach/Main (Germany)
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The amount of bits necessary to display your amount of posts.
Example: You have 178 posts. In binary that is 10110010, and these are 8 bits. If someone has 20 posts, that'd be 10100 in binary, which are 5 bits. RJ
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09-21-2004, 01:31 PM
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Professional gadfly
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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It's the number of binary digits (bits) you would need to express your post count. You have 178 posts, so you would need 8 bits. At 256, you would need 9 bits. And so on.
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09-21-2004, 01:35 PM
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Member (12 bit)
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 2,374
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Now I never knew that. I thought it was just randomly chosen.
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09-21-2004, 01:37 PM
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PCMech: Saving Lives
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: England, the United Kingdom
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Here is a complete list of the bit ratings and there equivalent posts: http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=105044
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