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I hope this question is neither silly, nor been answered elsewhere in the forum, I searched.

Micosoft Excel has 65,536 rows. This is the same number of colours supported by "modern" mobile phone screens like the T610/630, P900, etc. Is this a coincidence or is there some logic behind the whole thing?
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Posted: 2004-06-15 23:34:54
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I just noticed that. I think its just a coincidence.

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[ This Message was edited by: Lynx69 on 2004-06-15 23:25 ]
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Posted: 2004-06-16 00:24:53
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Well, just go 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2 and there ya go...
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Posted: 2004-06-16 00:29:59
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Quote:
On 2004-06-16 00:29:59, Ninjaturtle wrote:
Well, just go 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2 and there ya go...


lol, what does that do???
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Posted: 2004-06-16 00:32:41
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Yeah, but why do they use that?

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[ This Message was edited by: Lynx69 on 2004-06-15 23:37 ]
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Posted: 2004-06-16 00:35:51
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binary coding? C C+ programming language. I have no idea
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Posted: 2004-06-16 00:38:17
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Oh come on people...

Everything is based on the power of 2.

256 colors.. 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2
4096 colors 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2

And so on and so on...
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Posted: 2004-06-16 00:39:28
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Y?
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Posted: 2004-06-16 00:41:39
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most likely because some computer geek decided that it would be simple to follow.
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Posted: 2004-06-16 00:47:37
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All to do with bits and bytes, and binary!

8 bits (which hold a max value of 255, = 11111111)
16 bits holds a max value of 65,535 = 1111111111111111, hence 16 bit colour.

The P900 has a 16 bit pallet, Excel uses a 16 bit addressing system.

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[ This Message was edited by: bossjohnc on 2004-06-15 23:51 ]
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Posted: 2004-06-16 00:49:09
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