I was very interested when Eileen told me that we're heading towards our 1,000th post. She seems - as is the case with many of the less numerate - to assign special importance to apparently round numbers.
I have pointed out to her that 1,000 only seems important because we happen to have ten fingers, and therefore use base 10. Indeed, a much more important number in the universal and IT world would be 1,024 - or "one K" as programmers would refer to it. Consider, compared to the shortness of 1,000 base 10, 1,024 is written in binary as 10000000000. Now that's what I call a round number.
Anyway, Eileen's very excited and I can't wait to hear what she's going to say. Congratulations, Archdruid! And enjoy your 1,000th post!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BEAKER GANG! Look forward to the continuing adventures.
ReplyDeleteLet the bells ring out! Will be lighting a tea light for you all tonight.
ReplyDeleteHappy millipost!
ReplyDeleteKilopost, not millipost, Steve. Ow... that Archdruid knows how to use those steel toecaps...
ReplyDeleteDoh! true (hangs head in shame)
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