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Economy => Economics => Topic started by: bitcoinex on December 06, 2010, 12:19:03 PM



Title: wolfram alpha
Post by: bitcoinex on December 06, 2010, 12:19:03 PM
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=bitcoin

Could this be useful to us?


Title: Re: wolfram alpha
Post by: SmokeTooMuch on December 06, 2010, 03:41:10 PM
what are their sources ?


Title: Re: wolfram alpha
Post by: davout on December 06, 2010, 03:41:54 PM
what are their sources ?

The..... INTERNET


Title: Re: wolfram alpha
Post by: FreeMoney on December 06, 2010, 04:29:28 PM
lol, 2bits = a quarter, 1bit = 12.5 cents

nothing to do with bitcoin.


Title: Re: wolfram alpha
Post by: SmokeTooMuch on December 06, 2010, 04:56:36 PM
ooooooooh, I see ^^
*shame on me*


Title: Re: wolfram alpha
Post by: MoonShadow on December 06, 2010, 09:40:35 PM
lol, 2bits = a quarter, 1bit = 12.5 cents


It's a very American phrase, dating back to the colonial days when British Pounds were rare in the US colonies, and Spanish silver coins were called "pieces of eight" in the US because it was common to "make change" by cutting the rather large silver coin into eight 'bits' like a pizza pie.  And that is why a quarter is called "two bits".


Title: Re: wolfram alpha
Post by: RHorning on December 06, 2010, 10:34:06 PM
lol, 2bits = a quarter, 1bit = 12.5 cents

nothing to do with bitcoin.

It is funny how 1 BTC is now worth more than 1 piece of eight (aka 1 bit).  I like the reference, however!


Title: Re: wolfram alpha
Post by: Anonymous on December 06, 2010, 11:12:35 PM
lol, 2bits = a quarter, 1bit = 12.5 cents

nothing to do with bitcoin.

It is funny how 1 BTC is now worth more than 1 piece of eight (aka 1 bit).  I like the reference, however!

its a byte coin?