in reply to Re^9: Rand'n'Brand
in thread Ayn Rand vs. Stewart Brand

Which direction does 1 represent?

Towards a point on the sphere, the starting point being the center, the name of the direction is based on convention. In time, either of 2.

edit: in binary - $start ? 0 : 1

perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'

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