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- From: tlukka@lk-hp-8.hut.fi (Tuomas J. Lukka)
- Subject: Re: base -2 arithmetic (was: Re: Trinary)
- Message-ID: <tlukka.721927977@snakemail.hut.fi>
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- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
- References: <1992Nov13.205443.19527@cubic.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 15:32:57 GMT
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- In <1992Nov13.205443.19527@cubic.com> hees@cubic.com (Phil Hees) writes:
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- >pete@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
- >>In article <3ug2TB6w165w@mertwig.UUCP> xyzzy@mertwig.UUCP (Daniel
- >>Drucker) writes:
- >>: Daniel Max P. Drucker | #define SLOGAN Hey! Lets port it to COBOL!
- >>: The 14 year old LISP/C++ genius. | Disclaimer: I don't know COBOL.
- >>:
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- >Daniel, you might want to tone your .sig down a bit. There are quite
- >a few _real_ geniuses reading this newsgroup, and they don't go around
- ^^^^^^
- >flaunting it quite so openly. Someone might ask you for proof.
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- How DO you define a _real_ genius, then?
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- >Besides, _Real_ geniuses know COBOL (even if they refuse to use it).
-
- Is this really the definition? ;-)
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- TJL
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