And so when we say something is exponential, we're talking about in terms of the number of bits required to represent it.

所以当我们说某些东西，是指数增长的我们指的,就是代表它的比特数。

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It's not merely a negative thing the way I think modern ideas about law, as for instance, represented in the American Constitution are, which is to say, its function is to prevent wrong doing, to punish wrong doing.

我的理解是,这里的法律,不仅仅指当今的法律条款,比如美国宪法所代表的那些内容,也就是,行使防范错误行为,以及惩罚错误行为的职能

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I could take and draw a line continually down the molecule where my finger was touching; my finger would be touching a phosphate here, the 5' carbon, the 4' carbon, the 3' carbon, and the next phosphate.

我可以画一条这样的线,沿着这个分子不断向下延伸到我指的地方,我指的这一点代表着磷酸基,5' 碳部位,4'碳部位,3' 碳以及下一个磷酸基

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