Re: OT: the Monkey Year (wasRe: Religion and Holidays)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 8, 2004, 0:59 |
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On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 04:42:08PM -0500, jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM wrote:
> There's a big advantage to using Gray code if you are doing binary counting
> on your fingers: you only have to move one finger for each count.
Good idea! But I'd also have to remember which code I was using (Gray codes
for >3 digits aren't unique), and even then it would take a lot of practice
to build up speedy random access to any number in the range. :)
-Mark