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Tim Douglass
 
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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:06:06 -0700, "bole2cant"
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"LRod" wrote in message

I wrote:
Oldie but goody:

How high can you count on your fingers? Assuming 10!


In binary that's tragic.

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I don't get the tragic reference....

But the reference to binary is correct: 2^10 or 1024.


The reference to binary is that 10 in binary is 2 in decimal - so only
2 fingers remaining is tragic.

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