Chipping the web – ditch

The number 85 (decimal) can be represented in binary in a single byte of alternating bits: 01010101.  One other number fits that category — 170 (10101010) — by shifting the bits left (i.e., multiplying by 2).

Religion’s rules of inference (thanks, Assaf).  I’ve been on both sides of this type of debate at different points in my life, and I don’t think my changes in point of view had anything to do with logic — it’s more a matter of taste.  The discussion in the comments waxes lively and thought-provoking.

Can I get an Amen?

Can it get any worse?  (thanks, apotheon)

“Give a man a fish… teach a man to fish…” but make sure everyone has to pay you for their Fish(tm).