> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Hunkeler Peter (KIUB
34)
> 
> >>> There are two ways:
> >>OK, I can't count!
> >To paraphrase: There are 11 kinds of people in the world, those who 
> >understand base 3, and those who don't
> 
> 11 (base3) equals 4 (base10), doesn't it?
> 
> Maybe I just don't understand base 3. I used to know this as: 
> "There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who 
> understand binary, and those who don't".

"Inflation".

See
<http://www.kor.dk/borge/inflate.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kor.dk%2Fborge
%2Fb-story-1.htm&style=right>

or <http://www.whysanity.net/monos/victor_borge.html>

:-)

    -jc-

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