Two Apaches were sitting on a mountain making smoke signals and off in the distance saw the first atomic mushroom cloud. One turned to the other and said "Wow, I wish I woulda said that." Jim B. -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Otto Keyes Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 4:14 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: Octagonal Shanks Actually, the fact that the "hex" in this case is referring to semantic Satanism can be easily demonstrated by following this thread to the point where it has descended into the nether regions of octagonal obfuscation. Attempts to extract empirical data from an essentially subjective sphere of experience merely swings the verbal combatants deeper into the pit of the sonorous non-sequitur where the odor of the burning thread wafts around the smouldering soul. Best we swing the thread in another direction before we all plunge, screaming, into the aural abyss. :-) Otto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Smith" <marysmith@mail.utexas.edu> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:47 PM Subject: Re: Octagonal Shanks > Oh, puleeeeze! Don't you think it's just because someone was too lazy to > count the flipping sides? Y'all are tooooo MUCH! > > Mary Smith > University of TEXAS at Austin > > At 10:59 AM 11/21/2003 +0100, you wrote: > >Maybe.... just maybe... this "hex" term is some odd spinoff from > >computer jargon. Hex then has never meant hexigonal, but hexidecimal, or > >double octogonal.... which of course no shank is... but very loosely > >applied puter jargon often finds oct and hex intermixed and jumbled > >under the term hex... and while all p-nerds understand hex to mean a 16 > >based number systems, its easy to see oct as a subset... and both are > >kind of expanded or glorified binaries at least in one sense. > > > >So... hex...(not hexigonal) sort of means... eight !!... sort of :) > > > >Cheers > >RicB > > > > > >"Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel)" wrote: > > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > After extensive empirical research I have determined that the shanks Renner > > > and others sell are indeed octagonal, so your research has now been > > > duplicated. A square with the corners cut off. I think hex rolls off the > > > tongue better than oct and sounds more sexy or something. Its hard to stop > > > being wrong sometimes. > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Richard Brekne > >RPT, N.P.T.F. > >UiB, Bergen, Norway > >mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > >http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html > >http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html > >_______________________________________________ > >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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