On 10/25/06, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Incidentally, there is no truth to the ugly notion (advanced by
> kernel-hackers, no doubt) that most humans use names such as "thirteen"
> instead of "1101" simply because they are slow-witted. I know that I
> have no trouble equating "index-finger + ring-finger + pinky" with
> "thirteen" (or hex D), and the shorter representation certainly greatly
> aids human communication and conceptualization.
Slow-witted?! 2 you! (0010) ;>
Do you send least-significant bit first, like a Teletype?
carl
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