[EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Kass) writes:

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> If there are eight bits, why shouldn't they be bits one 
> through eight?

Because then the number of a bit doesn't correspond to the exponent
of its weight, so I even don't know in which order they are specified
(as many people order bits backwards, i.e. from the most significant).

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