Me again viz: system names.

[Puke]

number 256 is significant (0-255) because MM has used a single byte as the variable that represents the number of systems. one bite has eight bits. between 00000000-11111111 there are 256 destinct combinations of numbers, thus that many unique values. in any binary system, everything is realted to a power of 2. in this case, 2^8.

i hate how accessable technology has become. everyone should have to know things like this. people complain that windows isnt reliable or is to hard to use, but they can use it without knowing how a computer WORKS. it kills me, and im not even a programmer.

back on topic, lots of lists of (real) star's names are available. heres some:

http://www.ras.ucalgary.ca/~gibson/s.../starnames.lst

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/con...name_list.html

edit: typo

edit: pardon my general rant, im sure everyone on this board is bright enough to know whats going on. im sure those of you who dont abhor my attitude and poor manners (and maybe even some who do) are competant and qualified persons, in whatever field you represent. cheers.

[ July 12, 2002, 05:51: Message edited by: Puke ]