Oracle-L: Re: bit errors in oracle datafiles

From: Tanel Poder <tanel.poder.003_at_mail.ee>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 05:04:41 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D0D3C.20030923050441@fatcity.com>

> One-bit error can flip a "1" only to 3, 5, 9, 17 and so on.
> Flipping a 1 to 2, requires 2 bits to be flipped :)

Small addition: 1 can be flipped to 0 of course as well.

Tanel.

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