--- "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snippage>
>Also, if you look at the tips of your fingers and >those knuckles closest to the tips, you will see 12 >of them on one hand -- so it is easy to count on your >fingers. While programmers never count on their >fingers, over the past millennia, many other people have... http://personal.cfw.com/~clayford/finger.html "Using fingers to perform math computations is known as Chisenbop. Here's a site that will tell you all you want to know. In the meantime, here's a couple of examples of Chisenbop to get you started...Multiplying by 9..." Now _my_ recall of the name of this method was Chismbob - which was nearly the name of my 'tuxedo cat' (the woman who gave him to me wanted me to call him Bob after her husband, but I gave her the choice of Chismbob or 'Zimbobwe' -- thus Zimba joined the household). Lo and behold, there is indeed Chismbob on the web: http://www.eyrie.org/~drizzt/mylnh/tfw3-1.html [Third section down] Chismbob Boy strode proudly into the LNH lobby. "I'm here to be a Legionnaire!" he announced proudly. Lester the receptionist looked up blandly. "Uh huh. Isn't this a school day?" "Evil knows no tardy bell." "Alllllllright. what's your name, son?" "I am Chismbob Boy -- when Evil needs accounting!" Lester sucked his teeth, staring at the dramatic pose the skinny adolescent had assumed. He pressed the intercom. "Master Blaster, Frat Boy, Incredible-Man-With-No-Life to the lobby please." "Are they going to guide me in? Kewl!" The summoned Net.Heroes burst into the lobby. Lester gestured a thumb at the garish hero-wannabe. "Ah! Look out, guys. It's Continuity Champ's Tailor Jr.!" quipped Master Blaster. "I'm, ah, Chismbob Boy. Sarcastic Lad sent me to join up." The three heroes looked to each other. "Chismbob Boy? Ahhahahahah!" They broke out into laughter so intense tears were flying. "Oh man, Sarc has the best one yet!" Frat Boy said between guffaws. "That's better than Lawn-Flamingo Lass you sent in last week, MB." Incredible-Man-With-No-Life started waggling his fingers. "The answer is...10 to life!" "Sorry Clueless Master, it adds up to jail for you!" "Beware, these fingers are weapons of math fu!" Much, much, much more on-site... ;) Debbi who still thinks that most folks, if they count on their fingers, are gonna wind up with base 10 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
