[RTTY] RTTY Screwed by FCC? (language lesson)

[Kok Chen]

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