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Posted by Ben C on 02/25/07 00:03
On 2007-02-24, Andrew <andrew@sorrynospam.invalid> wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:02:01 +0200, Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
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>> Logically, you _could_ use definition list markup for the words "biblos" and
>> "philew" (should be "phileo" or "phileō", by the way - using "w" for
>> omega is a wrong transliteration based on mere visual similarity).
>
> Thanks for pointing out a rather amateurish mistake :-) To further
> demonstrate my ignorance can I ask why there appear to be 2 different
> ways of doing this: ō and ō? I gather that one is a numerical
> code and one is a hex code but beyond this I am lost. I realise that I am
> demonstrating a gulf of ignorance :-)
You are aware that decimal 333 and hexadecimal 14D are the same number?
So I suppose it comes down to preference which you use. I know someone
who had spent too long with computers and accidentally wrote a cheque in
base 16 once. It was for 100 pounds and he put 64.
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