Originally posted by vorticon
hmm...doesnt it work something like
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
so 10 would be
1010
and 81 would be
1010001
well actually
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
128 0 32 16 0 4 2 0 = 182
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
128 0 32 0 0 0 0 1 = 161
you got the 10 right though
the biggest thing is "compression" 10 is 1010.. but that's only 4 intigers. all binary sequences are 8 integers. where are the other 4? you have to put 4 0's in front like this: 00001010
use windows calculator in scientific mode, type a dec number in, and you can make it binary or hex.
to be perfectly honest though i have NO clue how a computer tells where the number change is, IE compression by removing unused zeros in front of numbers. i know that was one of the first compressions. taking the number 82 and representing it as 1010010 only 7 integers. put a series of numbers 245 82 51 together they show fully as 11110101
01010010
00110011
those bolded zeros can be removed. but taken out translated legit = 2012339 not even close.
i dont think i'll ever get the leading edge zero removal.. but thats what that is all about