Actually, I understand binary pretty well, and I even use it for counting o= n my fingers. You can get all the way to 1028 decimal of course, which is e= nough for almost any purpose. The thumb is the ones digit, index finger dec= imal twos digit, ... etc. The problem is when I get to four or 128, people = think that I'm flipping them off, and of course at 132, I am flipping them = off. > On Tuesday 17 June 2003 03:39 pm, you wrote: > > Students are not really bright, that's why they're studying. The > > problem is=3D3D that a lot of them are studying how to become an > > alcoholic.Half the people=3D3D in the world are misinformed, half are > > idiots, half just don't care, and t=3D3D he other half is really poor > > at math. > > Well, you know what they say, "There are 10 kinds of people, those who=3D= 20 > understand binary and those who do not." > > > > > > I was helping a student today at my desk at UNL. I was showing > > > him some physics stuff online with my Mandrake 9.0 workstation. > > > > > > Student: What operating system is that? Is that Mac? > > > > > > Should I be worried? > > > -- > > > Carl Lundstedt <clundst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > University of Nebraska > > > > > > > > > ---- > > > Husker Linux Users Group mailing list > > > To unsubscribe, send a message to huskerlug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > with a subject of UNSUBSCRIBE > > > > ---- > > Husker Linux Users Group mailing list > > To unsubscribe, send a message to huskerlug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with a subject of UNSUBSCRIBE > > =3D2D-=3D20 > =3D2D > GrayGeek > > ---- > Husker Linux Users Group mailing list > To unsubscribe, send a message to huskerlug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with a subject of UNSUBSCRIBE ---- Husker Linux Users Group mailing list To unsubscribe, send a message to huskerlug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of UNSUBSCRIBE