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Neither of those numbers are correct. Firstly, exponentiation is right associative so 8^8^16 ≠ (8^8)^16 ≈ 3.94e+115. Secondly, that number is wrong anyway. The
by esoterica 7y ago
Neither of those numbers are correct. Firstly, exponentiation is right associative so 8^8^16 ≠ (8^8)^16 ≈ 3.94e+115.
Secondly, that number is wrong anyway. The correct number is (2^16)^(8*8).
- jniedrauer 7y agoYeah apparently each pixel of a 16-bit image can have 256 different colors. Oops.
- messe 7y agoThat's an 8-bit image. Each pixel of a 16-bit image could have 2^16 = 65536 possible colours.
- jniedrauer 7y agoI give up. I shouldn't post before having coffee.