Bits are not matching

Question

i was reading a post of DrLaszloJamf.....
link http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=656462&tstart=90
what is "0x96" ?..this is in the HEX notation. in decimal value it is 150.
i run this code....
public class U {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        f((byte)0x96);
    static void f(byte b) {
        for(int i=0; i<8; ++i) {
            int bit = 1 & b>>i;
            System.out.println("bit " + i + " = " + bit);
}and got output....
---------- Run java ----------
bit 0 = 0
bit 1 = 1
bit 2 = 1
bit 3 = 0
bit 4 = 1
bit 5 = 0
bit 6 = 0
bit 7 = 1
Output completed (0 sec consumed) - Normal Termination
then i manually calculated taking these bits like this
2^6+2^5+2^3+2^0=105
buit the result should have been 150..is not it ? why the math and program output did not coincide ? it should have matched .

Answer 1

Something's wrong with your math
2^7 + 2^4 + 2^2 + 2^1 = 150
bit 0 = 0
bit 1 = 1 = 2
bit 2 = 1 = 4
bit 3 = 0
bit 4 = 1 = 16
bit 5 = 0
bit 6 = 0
bit 7 = 1 = 128             ------
                150