What's a Bit?
> I like the teacher who said "RISC chips are faster than CISC chips > because they have fewer components, so the electrons don't have as far > to go." -- well, yes, but..... Reminds me of my AI teacher who had been pursued down to the hardware level on the subject of knowledge representation. The class had a couple of people who knew nothing about hardware but wanted an answer about "what a bit was". Well the profs final attempt was: student: what's a bit? how does it represent one or zero? prof: ever lick a battery? student: yes.... prof: that tingle - thats a one! That put an end to that digression.