Comments on: Some English rants http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-05-09/some-english-rants The personal weblog of Peter Hosey. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:47:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: CHz http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-05-09/some-english-rants#comment-68 CHz Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:02:00 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-05-09/some-english-rants#comment-68 <I>"for example, 0b101010 is the two's complement of 0b010101"</I> Inverting the bits of a binary number gives the one's complement. To get the two's complement, you have to add 1 to the one's complement, so the T.C. of 0b010101 would be 0b101011, not 0b101010. "for example, 0b101010 is the two's complement of 0b010101"

Inverting the bits of a binary number gives the one's complement. To get the two's complement, you have to add 1 to the one's complement, so the T.C. of 0b010101 would be 0b101011, not 0b101010.

]]> By: Colin Barrett http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-05-09/some-english-rants#comment-67 Colin Barrett Tue, 09 May 2006 15:05:00 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-05-09/some-english-rants#comment-67 Check out the Chicago Manual of Style's <a HREF="http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/cmosfaq.Commas.html" rel="nofollow">FAQ on commas</A>. I found it very useful. Check out the Chicago Manual of Style's FAQ on commas. I found it very useful.

]]>