Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:58:50 04/20/05
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On April 20, 2005 at 17:02:13, Dieter Buerssner wrote: >On April 20, 2005 at 15:46:00, Dann Corbit wrote: > >> BTW, isn't DNA base 4? If so, not an unreasonable idea I would say. > >I think, more or less it is base 4 - actually only less. (Normally) there are >only 20 (or so) different base 4 triplets in DNA. he means C-T-A-G for the fundamental items (4 different kinds). > >>I saw an analysis once that said base e was the densest possible storage. > >Hmm, I don't understand this. Can you elaborate? I will have to search to find the document, which I read many years ago. It explained that base e is the most compact way to store information and therefore that base 3 circuits would be somewhat more efficient than base 2 because 3 is closer to e than 2 is. But I do not remember the details.
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