Warning, abuse of HTML

Post #112,543 by JayMehaffey 8/3/03 12:21:14 AM Reply	Warning, abuse of HTML \n AAA SSSSS CCCCC III III RRRRR ll !!!\n A A S S C C I I R R l !!!\n A A S C I I R R l eeeee sssss !!!\n AAAAA SSSSS C I I RRRR u u l e e s !!!\n A A S C I I R R u u l eeeee sssss \n A A S S C C I I R R u u l e s !!!\n A A SSSSS CCCCC III III R R uuuuu lll eeeee sssss !!!\n For the pedantic, ASCII is actually the standard character to number encoding used on most older systems. It was originally designed for teletype systems, which is why "ring bell" appears as a character. It was ANSI.SYS that let you play the games with colors and such. Jay
Post #112,544 by Nightowl 8/3/03 12:27:52 AM Reply	Re: Warning, abuse of HTML Awesome, Jay!!!! Yep, that's exactly what it looked like!!! Thanks! ;) That's so much better than an explanation! Nightowl >8# "I learned to be the door, instead of the mat!" "illegitimi nil carborundum" Comment by Nightowl
Post #112,566 by a6l6e6x 8/3/03 5:17:04 PM Reply	For the really pedantic... :) early teletypes did not use ASCII but a 5 level (i.e. 5 bit) [link\|http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudot_code\|Baudot and the improved Murray code]. Donald Murray got screwed out of the fame for his contribution because the name Baudot code continued to be used. The term "baud" (a measure of symbols transmitted per second) is named after [link\|http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Baudot\|Emile Baudot]. Alex A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw
Post #112,613 by Arkadiy 8/4/03 12:34:55 PM Reply	Nit I guess this requires the definition of "symbol". Most people, me included, would think "byte" and be sorely mistaken -- Less Is More. In my book, About Face, I introduce over 50 powerful design axioms. This is one of them. --Alan Cooper. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
Post #112,622 by a6l6e6x 8/4/03 12:48:00 PM Reply	Yep, "symbol" is a poor choice for the definition. [link\|http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci211643,00.html\|Baudy bit.] :) Baud was the prevalent measure for data transmission speed until replaced by a more accurate term, bps (bits per second). One baud is one electronic state change per second. Since a single state change can involve more than a single bit of data, the bps unit of measurement has replaced it as a better expression of data transmission speed. Alex A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw
Post #112,621 by pwhysall 8/4/03 12:46:25 PM Reply	And for the really, really pedantic... ...ASCII stands for American Standard Code For Information Interchange, and in its original form was a 7-bit code. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #112,627 by a6l6e6x 8/4/03 12:57:05 PM Reply	Yep, and on teletype 8th bit was a parity bit. Alex A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw
Post #112,695 by Nightowl 8/4/03 5:43:55 PM Reply	Re: And for the really, really pedantic... ...ASCII stands for American Standard Code For Information Interchange, and in its original form was a 7-bit code. Heheeh, I knew that part! I don't know all the other techno-details, but I knew that! :) Believe it or not, my 8088 laptop where I first discovered this plus my 8088 computer both still run. :) Of course, I don't use them much! LOL! Nightowl >8# "I learned to be the door, instead of the mat!" "illegitimi nil carborundum" Comment by Nightowl

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