On May 23, 11:30 pm, rusi <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On May 23, 5:30 am, Steven D'Aprano <steve > > > > +comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > > On Sun, 22 May 2011 15:39:33 -0700, Tim Roberts wrote: > > > Stef Mientki <stef.mien...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>must of us will not use single bits these days, but at first sight, this > > >>looks funny : > > > >>>>> a=2 > > >>>>> b=6 > > >>>>> a and b > > >>6 > > >>>>> a & b > > >>2 > > >>>>> a or b > > >>2 > > >>>>> a | b > > >>6 > > > > That IS funny. Interesting how a careful choice of arugments will fool > > > us. One of my favorite math jokes is like that. A teacher asked a > > > student to reduce the following fraction: > > > 16 > > > ---- > > > 64 > > > > He says "all I have to do is cancel out the sixes, so the answer is > > > 1/4". > > > One of my favourite variations on this is by Abbott and Costello, where > > Costello proves that 13*7 = 28 in three different ways. > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLprXHbn19I > > Ha Ha! [You're hired Steven]
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