Talk:255

Page was moved from Two hundred fifty-five to Two hundred and fifty-five according to the current convention for pages about numbers. (See discussion at Talk:One hundred and eleven) GUllman 03:08, 27 Aug 2003 (UTC)
 * Page was moved back to Two hundred fifty-five, due to revision of that convention. Denelson83 08:01, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Correction
254 is the maximum number of rupees in The Legend of Zelda, not 255.

It seems inaccurate to say that 255 is the largest value that can be represented by eight binary digits. Rather, eight binary digits can represent 256 unique states, not necessarily numerical values. If the states are interpreted as values, the value can be any assigned value, not simply the numerical values 0..255. For example, in computing, if the value represented by the eight bits is assigned a sign (positive or negative), then the largest value represented by the eight binary digits is actually either 127 or 128, because the assigned values range can from -127..128 or -128..127 (depending on convention).

page move
I moved this page to 255, created 255 (year) and made 255 (number) a redirect. pielover87 02:14, 15 December 2005 (UTC)


 * i agree wit you that 255 the integer is more intersting, but wha about consitsency? do we really want to move every page 1 (number) - 1000 (number) to 1 - 1000 and those to 1 (year) - 1000 (year)? whabout those more interensted in history than mathematics? Numerao 16:49, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I undid the move, it is against the rules. The article about a number x, has to be at "x (number)". I will leave the discussion here though. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 23:41, 15 December 2005 (UTC)