Re: OT-ish: txt - Could it replace Standard Written English?

On Thursday 06 March 2003 11:00 pm, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 07:13:05AM +1100, Tristan wrote:
> [...]
>
> > H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > >To ste^H^H^Hquote Tom Lehrer: "... but in the new approach, as you know,
> > >the important thing is to understand what you're doing _rather_ than to
> > >get the right answer. ...  [emphasis mine]
>
> [...]
>
> > Hey, I actually learnt something from that song! Which is a bad thing,
> > because it meant I didn't learn anything in Uni yesterday because in
> > Discrete Maths, we learnt how to do stuff (conversion between and
> > addition/subtraction in) with other bases. So yesterday was a long and
> > boring day.
>
> [snip]
>
> Well, doing stuff with other bases are very easy. After all, base 8 is
> just like base 10, if you're missing two fingers. ;-)
I did base 8 in primary school, too ;-)

Obviously British primary schools are infinitely superior to any other. ;-) :p


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