19 Mar
2015
19 Mar
'15
3:19 a.m.
Jay.. think of the children! ..and wives...and other non octal folk and how long it will
take to explain the shirt! ;-)
<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Jay West
<jwest at classiccmp.org> </div><div>Date:03/17/2015 1:33 PM
(GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and
Off-Topic Posts'" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
</div><div>Subject: RE: VCFMW 10 Hotel Rooms </div><div>
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...Defcon alread did the hexidecimal thing with their 10th being "0A."
012 because Octal is where it's at ;)
6 p.m.
On 3/18/2015 11:57 PM, tony duell wrote:
Arg! I got two MORE fingers. Where is base 12?
Ben, with 10 eggs in a Dozen.
Jay.. think of the children! ..and wives...and
other non octal folk
and how long it will take to explain the shirt! ;-)
Just quote Tom Lehrer : 'Base 8 is just like Base 10 -- if you're
missing 2 fingers' :-) 012 because
Octal is where it's at ;)
6:43 p.m.
On 03/19/2015 02:00 PM, ben wrote:
Ben, with 10 eggs in a Dozen.
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"Computers have lots of memory but no imagination."
"The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back."
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On 3/18/2015 11:57 PM, tony duell wrote:
Arg! I got two MORE fingers. Where is base 12?
Over there ---->
Jay.. think of the children! ..and wives...and
other non octal folk
and how long it will take to explain the shirt! ;-)
Just quote Tom Lehrer : 'Base 8 is just like Base 10 -- if you're
missing 2 fingers' :-) 012 because Octal is where it's at ;)
8:20 p.m.
On 3/19/2015 12:43 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
42
"
(1) X=Y ; Given
(2) X^2=XY ; Multiply both sides by X
(3) X^2-Y^2=XY-Y^2 ; Subtract Y^2 from both sides
(4) (X+Y)(X-Y)=Y(X-Y) ; Factor
(5) X+Y=Y ; Cancel out (X-Y) term
(6) 2Y=Y ; Substitute X for Y, by equation 1
(7) 2=1 ; Divide both sides by Y
-- "Omni", proof that 2 equals 1
"
8:38 p.m.
On 03/19/2015 04:20 PM, ben wrote:
On 3/19/2015 12:43 PM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
:)
--
--- Dave Woyciesjes
--- CompTIA A+ Certified IT Tech - http://certification.comptia.org/
--- HDI Certified Support Center Analyst - http://www.ThinkHDI.com/
Registered Linux user number 464583
"Computers have lots of memory but no imagination."
"The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back."
- from some guy on the internet.
42
"
(1) X=Y ; Given
(2) X^2=XY ; Multiply both sides by X
(3) X^2-Y^2=XY-Y^2 ; Subtract Y^2 from both sides
(4) (X+Y)(X-Y)=Y(X-Y) ; Factor
(5) X+Y=Y ; Cancel out (X-Y) term
(6) 2Y=Y ; Substitute X for Y, by equation 1
(7) 2=1 ; Divide both sides by Y
-- "Omni", proof that 2 equals 1
" 
8:44 p.m.
I think my son?s favorite ever stated reason for learning electronics is so that he can
build a calculator that, when this step (or any other division by zero) is performed,
bursts intentionally into flame.
- Mark
On Mar 19, 2015, at 3:20 PM, ben <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
(5) X+Y=Y ; Cancel out (X-Y)
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