data.3news-bydate.test.rec.motorcycles.104303 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Charles Parr)
Subject: Re: Fat Boy versus ZX-11 (new math)
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Michael Robinson) writes:
>In article [email protected] (Jorg Klinger) writes:
>>In <[email protected]> [email protected] (Nick Pettefar) writes:
>>>Manual Velcro, on the 31 Mar 93 09:19:29 +0200 wibbled:
>>>: But 14 is greater than 11, or 180 is greater than 120, or ...
>>>No! 10 is the best of all.
>>No No No!
>> It should be obvious that 8 is the best number by far. Last year 10
>>was hot but with the improvements to 8 this year there can be no
>>question.
>
>Hell, my Dad used to have an old 5 that would beat out today's 8 without
>breaking a sweat.
>
>(Well, in the twisties, anyway.)
>
>This year's 8 is just too cumbersome for practical use in anything other
>than repeating decimals.
>
Remember the good old days, when Hexadecimals, and even Binaries
were still legal? Sure, they smoked a little blue stuff out the
pipes, but I had a hex 7 that could slaughter any decimal 10 on
the road. Sigh, such nostalgia!
Regards, Charles
DoD0,001
RZ350
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