begin quoting Christoph Maier as of Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 09:03:10AM -0800: [snip] > I was about to give the serious answer that "thirteen" is way more > redundant (and thus reliable) than "1101", > and that, > incidentally, in human communication, lack of precision and potential > for ambiguity is a major design feature (it's called "diplomacy").
Human communication is both redundant and ambiguous, 'cuz it's vitally important that we make sure we're very clear about what we're not communicating. -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
