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Date:         Sat, 28 Oct 2000 02:42:05 EDT
Reply-To:     Sersote@AOL.COM
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From:         "Paul M. Hillbish" <Sersote@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Movement "Afoot" to Re-order English Alphabet
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In a message dated 10/27/00 11:46:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mruskin@PANGEA.CA writes:


<< Apparently, computers can work much better, if the most commonly used
 letters are first in line - and the least commonly used ones are pushed
 farther back - it's got something to do with code efficiency and increasing
 the speed of the internet.


 I personally don't want them to do this - what do you think? >>




I think humanity is afraid of change as a whole. But it happens. As for the
alphabet thing, I highly doubt that "The Emperor" intends to modify the order
that we say them in or speak them in, only in the computers world. To be
honest though, I don't see how that would change a thing as far as the coding
of the Internet works.


--Paul--
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