[92783] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Broadband ISPs taxed for "generating light energy"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph S D Yao)
Wed Oct 11 14:34:56 2006
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:34:11 -0400
From: Joseph S D Yao <jsdy@center.osis.gov>
To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org, owner-nanog@merit.edu
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On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 02:16:05PM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
...
> It's 10/10, which if viewed as the binary number 1010 is 10 base 10.
> Surely that has to mean something! (Well, I just made it up, but it
> sounds goodd....)
...
Steve, think about it. For all base N, N > 1, 10 base 10 is 10.
10/10 [I did notice that] is also [when distributed] half of 20/20, so
perhaps half-sighted, or half-sensical.
But now we are well and truly OT and may be stoned with virtual rocks.
--
Joe Yao
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