Re: Longest Thread Ever

From: Mos (Not_at_YourHouse)
Date: 11/19/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:21:11 -0700

Alan wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:06:00 -0800, Tim Bruening
> <tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>
>>>>> Whoa, dude, you'd REALLY better check your calculator. I just
>>>>> multiplied 2 by itself a couple hundred times and got 4 every
>>>>> time.
>>>>
>>>> I mean "Multiply 2 x 2, then the result x 2, and so on until you
>>>> have done it 20 times".
>>>
>>> Until you have done what 20 times? If you mean multiply 20 times,
>>> wouldn't that give you 2 to the 21st?
>>
>> Okay, multiply 1 x 2, then multiply the result x 2, then the result
>> of that x 2, and so one until you have done 20 muliplications by 2.
>
> "and so one" what?

"until" .

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