14 Aug
1999
14 Aug
'99
7:03 p.m.
On Sat, 14 Aug 1999 ss(a)allegro.com wrote:
Aha! That makes perfect sense. Good eye.
Well, it might if either the 4/3/2/1 and the 5/6/7/0 columns were in the
same order. ... but ... what's that 0 doing "after" the 7? In short,
I don't see it is vaguely appropriate for octal, either :)
Decimal: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11...
Octal: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11...
Get it?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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4 5 8 C
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3 6 9 D P D
2 7 A E L S
1 0 B F X B
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Hmmmm... kinda neat if you're programming in Octal all the time...
then the layout gets almost, dare I use the word: 'ergonomic'.....?