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

[Ray Rashif]

On 16 June 2010 06:52, 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.

Funny you mention this, because I crapped out when I first took a look
at Lua and tried "!=" :O


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