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   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 25/08/13 6:07 AM, erilar wrote:   
   > 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!"   
   >   
      
   Me too. Clearly "today's" meaning is restricted to newspapers and young   
   people. Further evidenced by the lower case r in "Roman" above.   
   --   
   Robert Bannister   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)