[LAU] 24-bit, 24 bit, 24bit and oh how it hz

[Folderol]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:52:09 +0200
Philipp Überbacher <hollunder at lavabit.com> wrote:

> Excerpts from Folderol's message of 2010-06-16 00:43:44 +0200:
> > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:36:36 +0200
> > Andre Majorel <aym-psd at teaser.fr> wrote:
> > 
> > > On 2010-06-15 22:17 +0200, Giuseppe Zompatori wrote:
> > > > 2010/6/15 Folderol <folderol at ukfsn.org>:
> > > >
> > > > > How about 24~96 ?
> > > >
> > > > "~" is a bash alias for $HOME.
> > > 
> > > Only at the beginning of a word. (And for all Bourne-type shells,
> > > not just Bash.)
> > 
> > Although this is true, one reason I suggested this is (as several
> > pointed out) this is only true at the beginning of the word after a
> > limited number of commands, and as far as I'm aware has no
> > significance at all anywhere else or in any other language on any OS.
> > Most of the other characters suggested can have specific meaning when
> > inside a word.
> > 
> > Also, the visual effect of the character looks much more meaningful
> > than the only other 'safe' character I can think of... the underscore.
> 
> ~= has the meaning of not equal in lua, but not relevant here I
> guess.

Gah!
I just *knew* I was tempting providence :o

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