On Oct 15, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Bill Turner wrote:
>> Of course it is digital. I switch it with my fingers or digits. The
>> digit referred to in digital is the finger after all. So something
>> done with the fingers is digital by definition. ;-)
>
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> So that well-known middle finger sign was perhaps the first digital
> communication? I have a whole new respect for our ancestors. :-)
That sir, is an example of extremely efficient source coding :-) :-)
It is not one bit by the way. It is at least 5 bits since the other
four fingers must be folded; and it has to usually be accompanied by
some facial or other gesture such as waving the arm.
Quick, RTTY fiends: speaking of 5 bits, what does Baudot 00100
represent (either LTRS or FIGS). No cheating by looking at a table now!
UE
Chen, W7AY
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