> Have you told them that "there are 10 kinds of people in the world those > who know binary and those who don't". >
Actually, I am a "Base 62" person, where for some Primary Key issuance purposes I use A-Z, a-z and 0-9 in a 10 character wide field to get a lot of head room. Why? Because I could <g>... Over the years I reverted to numeric PK fields, but it was always fun to watch a person's face when I tried to explain a Base 62 system to them <g>... I learned that technique from Menachem Bazian, of Flash Management fame. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chet Gardiner > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 3:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Two kinds of people (this is sort of technical) > > > Have you told them that "there are 10 kinds of people in the world those > who know binary and those who don't". > > > > Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: > > So my wife is talking to a customer of hers at work this week. He's an > > engineer, and she says, "Oh, so is my husband!" They start to talk, and > > she tells him about the xkcd comics I've got on the frig and that I > > watched Revolution OS with the kids and whatnot. He nods, and says > > "Make sure he tells them that there are two types of people in the > > world, those who understand Metric, and those who don't." > > > > She responds, "Oh, yeah, he's always making them answer questions at > > dinner, like 'How many feet are in a mile?'" > > > > I swear I am not making this up. > > > > Whil > > > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
