On 11/11/06, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
As they say in the military: "Don't ask. Don't tell."
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