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To: MineralMan
And for those who think there's no point in using math in anything other than base 10, I give you the computer you're typing on right now.

Binary dittoes!

37 posted on 11/08/2005 9:15:12 AM PST by andy58-in-nh
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To: andy58-in-nh
Binary dittoes!

Working as a programmer, I may have warped my kids forever while they were in elementary school. They just couldn't believe that I started from 0 and counted ...8, 9, A, B, etc. They just knew that 10 came after 9. Daddy had to be wrong. (My use of 24-hour time also threw them for a loop.)

68 posted on 11/08/2005 9:52:24 AM PST by Bob
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