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   Bobbie Sellers to Scott Dorsey   
   Re: A House of Dynamite (2025)   
   17 Nov 25 09:36:01   
   
   XPost: sci.physics.relativity, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sci.math   
   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 11/17/25 08:17, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > Thomas Heger   wrote:   
   >> Am Donnerstag000013, 13.11.2025 um 19:41 schrieb The Starmaker:   
   >>>   
   >>> It's Double Oh Seven!!!!   
   >>>   
   >>> IT'S ONLY ONE NUMBER!!!!   
   >>   
   >> In Germany the agent is called 'Null-Null-Sieben', which means   
   >> 'zero-zero-seven'.   
   >>   
   >> Whether they gave him a different name in the UK is therefore not   
   >> important for me.   
   >   
   > Well, he WAS British after all, and "double-oh-seven" rolls off the tongue   
   > very nicely.  Although "OSS Cent-dix-sept" has a staccato rhythm that makes   
   > for a better theme song.   
   > --scott   
   >   
   >   
   	Double Naught Seven.  Naught=Zero or the numeral "0".   
      
   	You have to have studied how the English schools taught mathematics   
   especially arithmetic.   
   	   
   	Frequently the N is silent.   
      
   	bliss - 0 is an important concept making decimal systems and Binary   
   possible.   
      
      
   	   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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