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   From: drache@chibardun.net.invalid   
      
   In article <1377303118@sheol.org>, throopw@sheol.org (Wayne Throop)   
   wrote:   
      
   > Trying to minimize the utility by referencing historical accident   
   > and implying that the choice of endian-ness is arbitrary is a   
   > fairly common ploy (and, to be fair, effective in some cases,   
   > though in reality no more relevant than pointing out the old   
   > roman legion meaning of "decimate" to prove something about   
   > what it means today).   
      
   Every time I read that something has been "decimated", I tend to think   
   "10%? It could be a lot worse!"   
      
   --   
   Erilar, biblioholic medievalist   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)