OCTADE

@octade@soc.octade.net

(Owner soc.octade.net) (5&2)()()

Director of the International Department of Civil Disobedience.

For thoughtful response to thoughtful inquiry contact my email. Don't send me private direct messages on the Fediverse. If you have a general question ask it in a public timeline. I block users who send me annoying private messages about things that should be asked in a public timeline.

I sometimes post links to items I find curious, interesting, or of research and study value. This does not necessarily mean that I agree with the linked matter. Don't assume.

NAME : Raze
ACADEMIA.EDU
ABOUT
LINKS

SLOGAN : Speak not with words. Speak with work product.

PRONOMS : | | | | | |





LINKS

Cryptography project site
Publications
ORCID
[Netnews] Find me on in alt.flashback, alt.crossover, alt.rhubarb.
Git Repositories
Keyoxide1
Keyoxide2
BlueSky
HackerNews
Internet Archive

📌 2 ★ 1 ↺

[?]OCTADE » 🌐
@octade@soc.octade.net

Bytemology of Retronym, OCTADE. Yinzer phonics. Butterfly Perfume.

OCTADE or OCTAD is a retro word that means either an octal digit of three bits, or an octal octet or an eight-bit byte. Thus an octade, depending on its historical use, is either 3 bits or 8 bits.

OCTADE was used to specify eight bits, as opposed to BYTE which is not necessarily eight bits as the word BYTE could signify any of several numbers of bits.

This yields the retro 1337 numbers of 38 and 83. The number 38 is one more than 37 so a bit more elite a bit cooler. Thus it owns cardinally shorter byterz.

83 mod 38 equals 7, the highest octal digit. 838 mod 383 equals 72 or 9 times 8 which is 8 squared plus 8.

8338 mod 3883 equals 572 which is 72 times 8 minus 4 or 71.5 times 8.

8383 mod 3838 equals 707 which is 88 times 8 plus 3.

I prefer the old word OCTADE to the word BYTE. OCTADE sports a Euro-peon dignity and gravitas like an Internet serf ready to surf the worknet like pwnd peons. This is very true when pronouncing OCTADE with a thick Pennsyltucky Dutch or Yinzer accent. The Bostonian pronunciation sounds like bad beginner German or muffled mumbling of 'lactate.'

OCTADE or OCTAD was also used to describe a poem of eight stanzas.

OCTADE was also used to describe a period of eight years, or two leap years.

OCTADECANAL is a pheromone found in butterflies. It is butterfly perfume. I would not wear butterfly cologne. But I would sell it. Who would buy and wear my snobby smell? With wordplay we can call it OCTADE CHANNEL No. 8 . All rights reserved, ye French odor snooties.

Historical references for use of 'octade' or 'octad':

Burroughs B5500 Information Processing Systems REFERENCE MANUAL
https://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/burroughs/LargeSystems/B5000_5500_5700/1021326_B5500_RefMan_196705.pdf

Philips Data Systems Product Range - April 1971
https://www.vintage-calculators.nl/Philips%20productoverzicht%201971.pdf

Is there another name for octet that means 8 bits?
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-another-name-for-octet-that-means-8-bits

@wordplay@lemmy.ml @Vocabulary@lemmy.ml

--

OCTADE | news://alt.flashback | https://soc.octade.net

    📌 2 ★ 0 ↺

    [?]OCTADE » 🌐
    @octade@soc.octade.net

    I like my coffee brewed so strong that you can float a horseshoe on top of it.


      📌 1 ★ 0 ↺

      [?]OCTADE » 🌐
      @octade@soc.octade.net

      ABOUT

      Name: Byrl Raze Buckbriar (call me Raze).

      Likes: Interested in WORK PRODUCT, inspiration, faith, truth, beauty, nature, self-improvement, encouragement, edification, praiseworthy things, how-tos, beautiful things, artwork, fluid poems, and general human kindness and achievement. See my profile hashtags for technical subjects of interest.

      Disclaimer: If I follow your account it does not imply agreement with your views.

      📌 1 ★ 1 ↺

      [?]OCTADE » 🌐
      @octade@soc.octade.net

      1 ★ 2 ↺
      Light boosted

      [?]OCTADE » 🌐
      @octade@soc.octade.net

      GUNPOINT GOSPEL HOLY WAR

      SINS of Christian Nationalism & Zionism

      Sins of Christian War-Making

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-maDeoEDiI

      Synopsis:

      Holy war is a doctrine of the devil. Every church and organization promoting war for Christ is anti-christ.

      Man cannot solve the evil in the world by 'fighting' or violence. That is exactly what the devil and his minions want. The gospel can not be spread by the sword or power of the state.

      Every form of radical liberation theology or dominion theology is satanic because it denies the word of God and replaces it with the gospel of war.

      Christian nationalists hate the lost because they too are lost souls with a messiah complex. Instead of following the messiah they want to reconstruct him in the imperial state. They do not have love of their neighbor.

      My observation:

      Christian Nationalism is disguised Roman imperialism, globalism and Zionism, hence it is neither Christian nor nationalist in character. Christian Nationalism has the same character imprint as Holy Roman Empire crusaderism. It is wicked and deceitful.

      Christian Nationalists claim to advance 'dominion' or 'taking dominion'. This is blasphemy. The dominion over the nations was given to Jesus, not to imperfect men. Jesus is the one who is given dominion over all the nations. Thus Christian Nationalism blasphemously posits itself as the messiah with the dominion, just like its Catholic parent church.

      --

      OCTADE | news://alt.crossover | https://soc.octade.net

        ...
        0 ★ 0 ↺

        [?]OCTADE » 🌐
        @octade@soc.octade.net

        PRONYMS : | | | |

          2 ★ 0 ↺

          [?]OCTADE » 🌐
          @octade@soc.octade.net

          I plan on posting some musings in the retro-aged newsgroups alt.flashback and alt.crossover. The idea is to format my rants for Usenet then copypasta them here. Whatever is too short or too mundane for Usenet (like snarky replies) will likely be posted here instead.

          NEWS : news://alt.flashback | news://alt.crossover


            ...
            0 ★ 0 ↺
            in reply to »

            [?]OCTADE » 🌐
            @octade@soc.octade.net

            @Randal@my.talesofmy.life

            Baptized in the NAME. Not a bathtub.

              ...
              2 ★ 1 ↺
              in reply to »

              [?]OCTADE » 🌐
              @octade@soc.octade.net

              @theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social
              "never suggest the death penalty for sexual assault, rape, kidnapping, or child molestation. as soon as that's the penalty, then there's no barrier for the perpetrator not to murder the victim."
              I didn't mention the perpetrator. I said everyone involved in her arrest and incarceration should get the gallows.

              My comment referenced the post-attack enablers rather than the perpetrator.

              So why are you pleading a faulty argument of mercy for the perpetrators of sexual assault?

                ...
                3 ★ 1 ↺
                in reply to »

                [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                @octade@soc.octade.net

                "The ASA said she should have complied and sued the officer later. "
                Translation: "Let them rape you, then sue them later, so we can say you don't have a case or they have immunity which we just invented."

                Yes, these fiends do think like that.

                Everyone involved in her arrest and incarceration should get the gallows.

                  ...
                  0 ★ 0 ↺
                  in reply to »

                  [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                  @octade@soc.octade.net

                  @brianary@lemmy.zip
                  "Change can only come to the US if people learn to wield their collective power in ways that don’t depend on the elections."
                  No, change can only come if people repent of their political and religious idolatry and abandon their factional and sectarian creedos and turn to God the Father through his Son Jesus Christ. The nations are failing because the nations have abandoned the truth of God for humanist and sectarian lies, which are their idols. Man is worshiping himself, money, and power, which are the main idols causing all the madness. Madness is a spiritual condition, not an electoral one.

                  Everything else is worldly-wise mind-poison.


                    2 ★ 1 ↺

                    [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                    @octade@soc.octade.net

                    Impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanours?

                    Maybe it means one must be high on spirits during the crime ...

                    ... or the crimes were committed while high?

                    If Drumpf had a son he would look like Afroman ...

                    ... because he got high.

                    Drumpf + Afroman = High Crimes and Misdemeanours.

                    IMPEACH AFROMAN

                    Mandatory Brawndo dosage is the contraceptive antidote.


                    Tryptich of Afroman wearing an American flag striped suit.

                    Alt...Tryptich of Afroman wearing an American flag striped suit.

                      OCTADE boosted

                      [?]occult » 🌐
                      @occult@vox.ominous.net

                      Please don’t be shocked, but I’ve been reading old Review magazines on Archive.org, as one does. I’ve been finding a number of interesting artifacts throughout. This June 1984 ad by Cadmus Computer Systems listed a address: !wivax!cadmus.

                      This is a UUCP bang path, for the kids who don’t know. The ! separates relay hops, it’s a literal routing instruction. Get to the backbone, reach wivax, forward to cadmus.

                      No DNS.

                      Machines screamed at each other to swap data.

                      A man works on a computer with multiple monitors displaying graphical data, surrounded by an advertisement for Cadmus computer systems.

                      Alt...A man works on a computer with multiple monitors displaying graphical data, surrounded by an advertisement for Cadmus computer systems.

                      A vintage advertisement for the Cadmus 9000 computer system, highlighting its complete set of tools and contact information.

                      Alt...A vintage advertisement for the Cadmus 9000 computer system, highlighting its complete set of tools and contact information.

                        ...

                        [?]occult » 🌐
                        @occult@vox.ominous.net

                        wivax was a VAX at Wang Laboratories in Lowell, MA where Cadmus was based.

                        The TELEX number printed right next to it is also interesting. This represents telegraph infrastructure and the infant internet, side by side in a transitional moment.

                        ...

                        [?]occult » 🌐
                        @occult@vox.ominous.net

                        Here’s an ad for cross-compilers and assemblers for UNIX environments.

                        My favorite detail here is this brag: “Over the past 3 years, we’ve built over 1MB of working code.” Cross-compilers, assemblers, simulators, and debuggers targeting six architectures across a dozen hosts. This code was dense.

                        The 80’s wars were a wild time.

                        It’s also very fun to read the articles from the time and see what they were predicting for the future. “UNIX for the masses” was a popular topic.

                        Vintage advertisement for software development tools, featuring prices for various compilers and utilities.

                        Alt...Vintage advertisement for software development tools, featuring prices for various compilers and utilities.

                        OASYS offers a one-stop shopping service for developers, providing cross-platform, native development tools to save time, energy, and money.

                        Alt...OASYS offers a one-stop shopping service for developers, providing cross-platform, native development tools to save time, energy, and money.

                          ...

                          [?]occult » 🌐
                          @occult@vox.ominous.net

                          This is an original ad for a computer company.

                          No AI art here! You can see the artist’s signature over the dragon’s wing.

                          A dragon breathing fire over mountains with a rider standing nearby; text highlights Gould's UNIX-based Systems and Firebreather performance.

                          Alt...A dragon breathing fire over mountains with a rider standing nearby; text highlights Gould's UNIX-based Systems and Firebreather performance.

                            ...

                            [?]occult » 🌐
                            @occult@vox.ominous.net

                            The art in these ads is incredible. This one for ChipCrafter by SeattleSilicon is pretty great.

                            A tiny figure with a pickaxe walks towards a large, cracked stone block with a surreal, nested cube design, set in an open landscape under a cloudy sky.

                            Alt...A tiny figure with a pickaxe walks towards a large, cracked stone block with a surreal, nested cube design, set in an open landscape under a cloudy sky.

                            ...

                            [?]occult » 🌐
                            @occult@vox.ominous.net

                            This is some proto- @prahou art right here.

                            Graphic illustration of a human profile made up of technological and scientific elements, including circuits, diagrams, and photographs.

                            Alt...Graphic illustration of a human profile made up of technological and scientific elements, including circuits, diagrams, and photographs.

                              ...

                              [?]occult » 🌐
                              @occult@vox.ominous.net

                              To think all of this amazing art is buried in 40-year-old computer magazines.

                              This one is from the July 1988 issue of "VLSI Systems Design."

                              Abstract 1980s-style illustration of a stylized human figure made of bold geometric shapes and pastel colors, featuring angular faces, zigzag lightning-like lines, and speckled textures against a dark rectangular background.

                              Alt...Abstract 1980s-style illustration of a stylized human figure made of bold geometric shapes and pastel colors, featuring angular faces, zigzag lightning-like lines, and speckled textures against a dark rectangular background.

                              ...

                              [?]Devine Lu Linvega » 🌐
                              @neauoire@merveilles.town

                              @occult strong Memphis style energy <3

                                ...

                                [?]occult » 🌐
                                @occult@vox.ominous.net

                                @neauoire new Radiohead album art just dropped (1988).

                                Colorful 3D cube graphic spelling “ASIC,” with surrounding blocks listing semiconductor design and manufacturing services such as gate arrays, standard cells, full custom design, BiCMOS, surface-mount packages, chip-on-board technology, robotic manufacturing, and CAD/CAE support.

                                Alt...Colorful 3D cube graphic spelling “ASIC,” with surrounding blocks listing semiconductor design and manufacturing services such as gate arrays, standard cells, full custom design, BiCMOS, surface-mount packages, chip-on-board technology, robotic manufacturing, and CAD/CAE support.

                                  ...

                                  [?]occult » 🌐
                                  @occult@vox.ominous.net

                                  There’s an LLM coding joke in here somewhere.

                                  Black-and-white cartoon titled “Homebrewed UNIX Applications” showing a scruffy man in a floppy hat lounging under a tree while typing on a keyboard connected to a homemade, smoking computer rig with coils and pipes, a puzzled bird above him and a sleeping dog at his feet, captioned “How to program without really trying” by Marc J. Rochkind.

                                  Alt...Black-and-white cartoon titled “Homebrewed UNIX Applications” showing a scruffy man in a floppy hat lounging under a tree while typing on a keyboard connected to a homemade, smoking computer rig with coils and pipes, a puzzled bird above him and a sleeping dog at his feet, captioned “How to program without really trying” by Marc J. Rochkind.

                                  ...

                                  [?]occult » 🌐
                                  @occult@vox.ominous.net

                                  @neauoire we need to normalize Lisp fan art like this.

                                  A surrealist collage depicting a human profile in side view, overlaid with mechanical engravings, pink stars, and the names of early programming languages, Fortran, Lisp, and Pascal evoking the dawn of computer science.

                                  Alt...A surrealist collage depicting a human profile in side view, overlaid with mechanical engravings, pink stars, and the names of early programming languages, Fortran, Lisp, and Pascal evoking the dawn of computer science.

                                    ...

                                    [?]occult » 🌐
                                    @occult@vox.ominous.net

                                    Editor: quick! I need art to accompany the article on internationalization of for our Dec 1985 issue!

                                    Illustrator on shrooms: say no more.

                                    A painted illustration of a smooth, glowing bald human head seen from behind, surrounded by a crowd of ornate, expressive ritual masks rendered in earthy tones against a dark background.

                                    Alt...A painted illustration of a smooth, glowing bald human head seen from behind, surrounded by a crowd of ornate, expressive ritual masks rendered in earthy tones against a dark background.

                                      ...

                                      [?]occult » 🌐
                                      @occult@vox.ominous.net

                                      Boss: I need art for an article on networking technologies for the next issue of UNIX WORLD.

                                      Artist: come back tomorrow.

                                      Surreal painting of a blue robotic head with a green eye plugged into the earpiece from an old telephone, held by an armored, futuristic figure against a muted gray background.

                                      Alt...Surreal painting of a blue robotic head with a green eye plugged into the earpiece from an old telephone, held by an armored, futuristic figure against a muted gray background.

                                        ...

                                        [?]occult » 🌐
                                        @occult@vox.ominous.net

                                        Computing in the year 2029 as depicted in UNIX WORLD magazine, 1985.

                                        Retro-futuristic scene of a woman with a silver bob haircut in a white outfit firing rainbow laser beams toward three computer monitors, with a wall calendar reading “March 1, 2029.”

                                        Alt...Retro-futuristic scene of a woman with a silver bob haircut in a white outfit firing rainbow laser beams toward three computer monitors, with a wall calendar reading “March 1, 2029.”

                                          OCTADE boosted
                                          in reply to »

                                          [?]Korawich Kavee » 🌐
                                          @kkavee@mastodon.in.th

                                          graffiti on the freight car.

                                            1 ★ 0 ↺
                                            in reply to »

                                            [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                            @octade@soc.octade.net

                                            Better get a wood-fired steam engine.

                                              2 ★ 2 ↺

                                              [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                              @octade@soc.octade.net

                                              TABLERO DE YINZER

                                              Game devs, drop the keyboard and play this drinking game. Then continue coding to experience real vibe coding.

                                              https://ludocity.org/wiki/Tablero_de_Yinzer

                                              [copypasta]

                                              Tablero de Yinzer is based on Tablero da Gucci, which in turn is based, allegedly, on a gambling game called Tablero de Jesus. Tablero de Yinzer is the version Tablero da Gucci played in Pittsburgh, as adapted by members of Obscure Games Pittsburgh.

                                              [/copypasta]


                                                ...
                                                1 ★ 0 ↺

                                                [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                The universe has balanced itself. All is as it should be.


                                                Beer glass with Pennsylvania map shape and the word Yinzer.

                                                Alt...Beer glass with Pennsylvania map shape and the word Yinzer.

                                                  1 ★ 0 ↺
                                                  in reply to »

                                                  [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                  @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                  0 ★ 0 ↺
                                                  in reply to »

                                                  [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                  @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                  @Mastodon@mastodon.social

                                                  I find that I experience culture and community in 'meat space.' Online is mostly for entertainment or escape. I get away from the meat space goblins to fight with the virtual trolls and gremlins. YMMV.

                                                  In meat space you can verify that the person is real and not a sock puppet. Usually.


                                                    6 ★ 0 ↺
                                                    in reply to »

                                                    [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                    @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                    "Hoping that this bubble will finally burst"
                                                    I remember the dotcom and big data bubbles. This is worse. They are trying to force all computing into the cloud so that your computer will be a mere kiosk and all your data on their servers.

                                                    @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

                                                      ...
                                                      OCTADE boosted

                                                      [?]European Commission » 🌐
                                                      @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

                                                      Europe, the AI Continent.

                                                      One year ago, we launched the AI Continent Action Plan. Since then, we have made huge strides:

                                                      ✅ 19 AI factories are now live across EU countries.
                                                      ✅ We established the AI Skills Academy to train experts.
                                                      ✅ The AI Omnibus is cutting costs for business.
                                                      ✅ We have earmarked €1 billion to support AI adoption in industry.

                                                      We are building a secure and innovative AI future for Europe.

                                                      Here's how 👉 link.europa.eu/nj3VH9

                                                      A robotic hand and a human hand reaching towards each other, reminiscent of "The Creation of Adam." They are framed by a circle of glowing pink and blue stars. Below, white text reads "EUROPE The AI continent," with the European Commission logo in the bottom right corner.

                                                      Alt...A robotic hand and a human hand reaching towards each other, reminiscent of "The Creation of Adam." They are framed by a circle of glowing pink and blue stars. Below, white text reads "EUROPE The AI continent," with the European Commission logo in the bottom right corner.

                                                      ...
                                                      Older...
                                                      OCTADE boosted

                                                      [?]JulesJones » 🌐
                                                      @JulesJones@mendeddrum.org

                                                      @EUCommission Read. The. Room.

                                                      A *lot* of the people on Mastodon are creators who have had their intellectual property stolen to feed the generative AI models, with at least one of the billionaires involved openly admitting/bragging that his business model would not be profitable if they had to pay fair royalties for that intellectual property.

                                                      A lot of people on Mastodon are deeply concerned about the environmental damage, AI hallucinations, theft of personal/corporate data, and sundry other issues.

                                                      There are forms of analytical AI that are useful (e.g. analysis of medical images) and do not involve any of the above. You do not appear to be referring to such analytical models.

                                                        ...
                                                        26 ★ 9 ↺

                                                        [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                        @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                        @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
                                                        "A lot of the people on Mastodon are creators who have had their intellectual property stolen to feed the generative AI models, with at least one of the billionaires involved openly admitting/bragging that his business model would not be profitable if they had to pay fair royalties for that intellectual property."
                                                        For several years I have held back from publishing most of my writings and papers and algorithms due to this AI theft machine. I am holding out hope for the bubble to burst or for court rulings that favor creators who litigate over their IP being stolen by these evil tech lords.

                                                        AI hoovering has caused a massive chilling effect on my speech and code because once I put it out there the tech bros can steal it and deny me credit or payment, making it trivial for others to steal my work as well.

                                                          OCTADE boosted

                                                          [?]Thom, bring back Token Ring » 🌐
                                                          @thomholwerda@exquisite.social

                                                          @EUCommission wtf is an ai factory

                                                          do they make annoying ai bros in there or something lol

                                                            OCTADE boosted

                                                            [?]Huubje » 🌐
                                                            @Huubje@ieji.de

                                                            @EUCommission I have never seen a post get this much hatred on here. While I agree with the sentiment I am enjoying every second of it lol

                                                              ...
                                                              4 ★ 0 ↺

                                                              [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                              @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                              @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
                                                              "While I agree with the sentiment I am enjoying every second of it lol"
                                                              I'm feeling quite aggravated by how this AI mind poison has spread.

                                                              Bureaucrats ever want to feed everything (hence everyone) into their machine.

                                                              I also enjoy seeing people give 'em hell.

                                                                ...
                                                                OCTADE boosted

                                                                [?]Gondor » 🌐
                                                                @grootinside@troet.cafe

                                                                @EUCommission
                                                                What about supporting "datacenters" called brains? Have you ever thought about investing this amount in education, i.e. in kindergarten, schools and universities? 🤨

                                                                  4 ★ 0 ↺

                                                                  [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                  @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                  So AI is a .

                                                                  [ detected]

                                                                    [?]Black Stag [He/They] » 🌐
                                                                    @BlackStag@ni.hil.ist

                                                                    @EUCommission i fucking hate europeans for this shit. The hate y'all get is deserved.

                                                                      [?]mixusminimax » 🌐
                                                                      @mixusminimax@mastodon.social

                                                                      @EUCommission
                                                                      The EU commission has proven to be the most corrupt and disgusting POS I have ever seen. Instead of looking at the US as an example of what NOT to do, they instead go "how can we do this, but even bigger?"
                                                                      AI is a scam. It is bad for the environment. It steals copyrighted material. It steals resources. It steals jobs. It discriminates. It lies. It depresses people. It deskills workers.

                                                                      Read this document: codeberg.org/ethical-foss/open

                                                                        2 ★ 0 ↺
                                                                        in reply to »

                                                                        [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                        @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                        @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
                                                                        "I've got an AI bridge to sell. You interested?"
                                                                        SHH! Don't give the tech bros any more ideas.

                                                                          2 ★ 0 ↺
                                                                          in reply to »

                                                                          [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                          @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                          @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
                                                                          "... that is THE absolutest worst thing this account ever posted."
                                                                          The image posted by OP is obvious elite transhumanist woo. It is a prime example of occult religious iconography.

                                                                          You may not have intended a pun with the word, 'holy' but here we are. Good work.

                                                                            1 ★ 0 ↺
                                                                            in reply to »

                                                                            [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                            @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                            Would that be grumpy gray with a hint of white hot rage?

                                                                              1 ★ 0 ↺

                                                                              [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                              @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                              We interrupt your regularly scheduled fearmongering to bring you this important message:

                                                                              SCOTUS rules that ordinary Americans do NOT owe income tax!

                                                                              https://youtu.be/bTLYcr-JuDc

                                                                              SCOTUS just contradicted a century of circuit courts and their malicious rulings subjecting Americans to the income tax. Will anyone notice?

                                                                              [copypasta]

                                                                              Dr Champion shows you the astounding words of a recent US Supreme Court decision, in which the Court explains why Americans need not pay income tax! The Court also bitch-slapped half the US Circuit Courts of Appeal in the process. A truly phenomenal decision! (Recorded December 4, 2024.)

                                                                              [/copypasta]


                                                                                📌 2 ★ 1 ↺

                                                                                [?]OCTADE » 🌐
                                                                                @octade@soc.octade.net

                                                                                Bytemology of Retronym, OCTADE. Yinzer phonics. Butterfly Perfume.

                                                                                OCTADE or OCTAD is a retro word that means either an octal digit of three bits, or an octal octet or an eight-bit byte. Thus an octade, depending on its historical use, is either 3 bits or 8 bits.

                                                                                OCTADE was used to specify eight bits, as opposed to BYTE which is not necessarily eight bits as the word BYTE could signify any of several numbers of bits.

                                                                                This yields the retro 1337 numbers of 38 and 83. The number 38 is one more than 37 so a bit more elite a bit cooler. Thus it owns cardinally shorter byterz.

                                                                                83 mod 38 equals 7, the highest octal digit. 838 mod 383 equals 72 or 9 times 8 which is 8 squared plus 8.

                                                                                8338 mod 3883 equals 572 which is 72 times 8 minus 4 or 71.5 times 8.

                                                                                8383 mod 3838 equals 707 which is 88 times 8 plus 3.

                                                                                I prefer the old word OCTADE to the word BYTE. OCTADE sports a Euro-peon dignity and gravitas like an Internet serf ready to surf the worknet like pwnd peons. This is very true when pronouncing OCTADE with a thick Pennsyltucky Dutch or Yinzer accent. The Bostonian pronunciation sounds like bad beginner German or muffled mumbling of 'lactate.'

                                                                                OCTADE or OCTAD was also used to describe a poem of eight stanzas.

                                                                                OCTADE was also used to describe a period of eight years, or two leap years.

                                                                                OCTADECANAL is a pheromone found in butterflies. It is butterfly perfume. I would not wear butterfly cologne. But I would sell it. Who would buy and wear my snobby smell? With wordplay we can call it OCTADE CHANNEL No. 8 . All rights reserved, ye French odor snooties.

                                                                                Historical references for use of 'octade' or 'octad':

                                                                                Burroughs B5500 Information Processing Systems REFERENCE MANUAL
                                                                                https://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/burroughs/LargeSystems/B5000_5500_5700/1021326_B5500_RefMan_196705.pdf

                                                                                Philips Data Systems Product Range - April 1971
                                                                                https://www.vintage-calculators.nl/Philips%20productoverzicht%201971.pdf

                                                                                Is there another name for octet that means 8 bits?
                                                                                https://www.quora.com/Is-there-another-name-for-octet-that-means-8-bits

                                                                                @wordplay@lemmy.ml @Vocabulary@lemmy.ml

                                                                                --

                                                                                OCTADE | news://alt.flashback | https://soc.octade.net

                                                                                  OCTADE boosted

                                                                                  [?]Michelle » 🌐
                                                                                  @Aphelion@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                                  Into the cathedral
                                                                                  Of night
                                                                                  To be baptized
                                                                                  By ancient
                                                                                  Starlight
                                                                                  And made
                                                                                  Whole.

                                                                                    ...

                                                                                    History

                                                                                    Back to top - More...