Post #172,013
8/31/04 4:42:17 PM
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Now that's clarity!
Alex
"If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -- Philip K. Dick, US science fiction writer
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Post #172,017
8/31/04 5:00:03 PM
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Nope, it's bad math
A 32 bit integer has 4...mumble possible values. If you really want integers and not whole numbers, then implicitly these are signed, which requires a bit. So there are 2...mumble positive values, 2...mumble-1 negative values, and zero.
If you want 4...mumble integers you need more bits.
-drl
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Post #172,022
8/31/04 5:19:13 PM
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But, counters of real things don't need negative values.
Alex
"If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -- Philip K. Dick, US science fiction writer
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Post #172,023
8/31/04 5:20:08 PM
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I'd like to add a negative number of votes for Bush. ;-)
To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act - [link|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20|Nebraska Supreme Court]
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Post #172,025
8/31/04 5:23:34 PM
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That only works on Diebold machines. :)
Alex
"If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -- Philip K. Dick, US science fiction writer
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Post #172,024
8/31/04 5:21:51 PM
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Certainly
But then, Ark's comment loses its pithiness (\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd)
-drl
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Post #172,046
8/31/04 6:59:29 PM
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"Expressive", not "pithy" :)
"pithy" I guess would be better translated as poisonous, ядовитый - it's an idiomatic usage.
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"...was poorly, lugubrious and intoxicated."
-- Patrick O'Brian, "Master and Commander"
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Post #172,047
8/31/04 7:03:32 PM
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Re: "Expressive", not "pithy" :)
Why can I see your Cyrillic but not mine? Some encoding mojo?
-drl
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Post #172,172
9/1/04 9:33:56 AM
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Dunno.
I see yours fine in Mozilla on Win 2000 after I select the proper code page - Cyrillic Windows-1251
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"...was poorly, lugubrious and intoxicated."
-- Patrick O'Brian, "Master and Commander"
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