From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.182.121.170 with SMTP id ll10mr27528746obb.12.1418666368155; Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:59:28 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.95.182 with SMTP id i51mr52833qge.12.1418666368126; Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:59:28 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!news.ripco.com!rahul.net!wasp.rahul.net!rahul.net!news.kjsl.com!usenet.stanford.edu!h15no10978306igd.0!news-out.google.com!r1ni52qat.1!nntp.google.com!s7no7633106qap.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:59:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=5.80.153.30; posting-account=pmkN8QoAAAAtIhXRUfydb0SCISnwaeyg NNTP-Posting-Host: 5.80.153.30 References: <1a2fea61-bcc1-43a9-b6e3-edf474308402@googlegroups.com> <5d31987b-b96b-481b-ac4d-f87114257bb4@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ada Connections to this Crypto. From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:59:28 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:24013 Date: 2014-12-15T09:59:27-08:00 List-Id: On Monday, December 15, 2014 4:17:18 PM UTC, Simon Wright wrote: > mrvmurray@gmail.com writes: >=20 > > Very many folks can do binary<->decimal conversion on their fingers, > > and binary<->hex conversions in their sleep. >=20 > People who programmed the Ferranti F1600 series of military computers > could count up to 31 on the fingers of one hand (the register-address > field in the instruction was 5 bits). Thanks for your help all along. The bottom line has to be "Where are the ciphers that all these clever read= ers have written? - there blowing in their own wind can be the only answer = - there's pedantry, politics and petulance, vicious personal attacks but no= ciphers" A bit like the golfer who has a lovely set of clubs, polishes the bag , cl= eans and polishes his shoes, buys some snazzy outfits with a white cap, kno= ws the rules of the game inside out panders to club politics with lots of '= me too' stuff but never hits a ball. Adacrypt I do a huge amount of counting in my head too - binary and hex.=20