The Digital Divide, and its impact on Politics!

' Is it about a bicycle?' he asked.

' Not that,' said the Sergeant.'
'Tell me this,' he said to the policeman, ' Did you take any readings today?'
' I did,' said MacCruiskeen.
' Take out your black book and tell me what it was, like a good man,' said the Sergeant. ' Give me the gist of it till I see what I see,' he added.
MacCruiskeen fished a small black notebook from his breast pocket.
' Ten point six,' he said.
' Ten point six,' said the Sergeant. ' And what reading did you notice on the beam?'
' Seven point four.'
' How much on the lever?'
' One point five.'
There was a pause here. The Sergeant put on an expression of great intricacy as if he were doing far-from-simple sums and calculations in his head. After a time his face cleared and he spoke again to his companion.
' Was there a fall?'
' A heavy fall at half-past three.'
' Very understandable and commendably satisfactory,' said the Sergeant. ' Your supper is on the hob inside and be sure
to stir the milk before you take any of it, the way the rest of us after you will have our share of the fats of it, the health
and the heart of it.'

There's only 10 type of people in this world: those who know binary and those who don't.

What this thread really needs is a SEP field.

I suppose someone has to do it:

Why do mathematicians confuse Halloween and Christmas?

Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.

thebigfredc posted:

There's only 10 type of people in this world: those who know binary and those who don't.

OK, until Adam let the djinni out of the bottle, I wasn't going do this....

There's a digital divide between those Naim products that use an analogue volume control and those (like the statement and some streaming products) that have a digital encoder which uses 2 digit Gray code, so...

The Über geek version of the above:

There are 11 types people in the world:  Those who understand Gray code and those who don't.

Ok I surrender - I have been out geeked/teched.

""The Difference Between American and British (Humour)

Left; NBC: Everett

Apart from the spelling of the word, obviously

RICKY GERVAIS @RICKYGERVAIS

JUL 28, 2015 4:19 PM EDT

It’s often dangerous to generalize, but under threat, I would say that Americans are more “down the line.” They don’t hide their hopes and fears. They applaud ambition and openly reward success. Brits are more comfortable with life’s losers. We embrace the underdog until it’s no longer the underdog. We like to bring authority down a peg or two. Just for the hell of it. Americans say, “have a nice day” whether they mean it or not. Brits are terrified to say this. We tell ourselves it’s because we don’t want to sound insincere but I think it might be for the opposite reason. We don’t want to celebrate anything too soon. Failure and disappointment lurk around every corner. This is due to our upbringing. Americans are brought up to believe they can be the next president of the United States. Brits are told, “It won’t happen for you.”...""

Interesting read!

But it is from an American point of View!