in reply to A perl riddle #1

One hundred cents?

Examine what is said, not who speaks.
1) When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2) The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible
3) Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke.

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Re^2: A perl riddle #1
by Coruscate (Sexton) on Apr 05, 2003 at 06:38 UTC

    Wouldn't it be $1.875, not $1.00? Following dga's logic: 15 bits. If you remember the "Shave and a haircut, 2 bits" ditty, then you know that one bit is 12.5 cents. 

    12.5 cents * 15 bits = 187.5 cents = 1.875 dollars

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