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modified 10-Sep-18 4:45am.
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Yes, latin numbers. Why do British people feel they have to use latin (or french) words? Why are they ashamed of Saxon ones?
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That was not my point. Hexa is not a Latin prefix. Duotrigesima, however, it is Latin.
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True, although oct is. This just shows the British cant even get that right!
(Probably because they are embarrassed by 'sex' too.  )
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oct is both Greek and Latin.
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And, do you know why computer guys tend to mix up Halloween with Christmas day?
Because 31 oct = 25 dec
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Munchies_Matt wrote: We dont
Munchies_Matt wrote: Good old Saxon is perfectly OK.
Choose one 
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Uh? Dot get you. 
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Easy peasy: "triacontadi-core"
Wikipedia:
In geometry, a triacontadigon (or triacontakaidigon) or 32-gon is a thirty-two-sided polygon. In Greek, the prefix triaconta- means 30 and di- means 2. The sum of any triacontadigon´s interior angles is 5400 degrees. An older name is tricontadoagon.
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Since all these prefixes are from ancient Greek, I presume the 32-core would be called a triacontakaiduo-core (cf. Greek Numbers and Numerals (Ancient and Modern). But honestly... if you want people to understand you, go for "thirtytwo-core"
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6 cores is Esacore. Hexacore is 16 cores (HEXadecimal means base 16).
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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HexaDECIMAL is six + ten = 16.
Hexa is six. A hexagon has six sides, not 16.
Computer guys frequently are not aware of this, so they shorten down hexadecimal to hex, which is certainly not entymologically correct. Some day, but not yet, our language may have changed so that hex means 16 rather than 6.
We have a somewhat similar situation in Norway: Entymologically, 'kilo' means 'thousand', nothing more. In Norway, it has come to mean 'kilogram'. You buy two kilos of flour. The weight of your car is 1200 kilos. No Norwegian questions it. But when Norwegians speak English, and they ask for, say, two kilo pack of flour in the grocery store, they are not understood.
The day 'hex' has changed meaning from 6 to 16, how will you explain to your kid why a hexagon has only 6 sides?
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When I got my first 6-core machine, I named it Sixpack.
The 32 you could call the female way: "29 and a few months".
A little more masculine: "The Fifth Power Machine".
If you want to get historical, you could name it Germanium. Germanium has atomic number 32, and was the first semiconductor material used for transistors and diodes.
What about "Twice legal"? Or is that too close to the suggested "XXX II Core"?
I call my car Robert. It is a red Ford.
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Quote: I call my car Robert. It is a red Ford.
I call my car Clifford, it is a Ford Edge so I can call it Cliff Edge.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I'll go with the temp naming scheme used for new elements and call it a TriBi-Core.
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A 32-core processor. Don't add complexity where none is necessary.
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It's not latin, it's greek, so ... triantaduo
They buy shoes, then they wear them! They make them sound old! Dairy! Dairy!
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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One is "if anything can go wrong, it will" and the other is thinly slice cabbage and carrot in mayonnaise.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Is that all you have to say? I still get 12000000 C-bills from you. 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Insightful comparison right here! 
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Don't forget O'Toole's Law :
"Murphy was an optimist."
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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I can't believe the series made it this far! Number 2 in a series of ... well, probably 2.
If a "smart egg tray" didn't get you out and buying boldly, perhaps this will.
Ladies and germs, I give you: i.Con - the World's First Smart Condom[^]
Ignore the name - iCon doesn't mean it's a con trick, no - not at all.
And ... it's not a condom.
It's a device you ... ummm ... apply to your Gentlemen's Vegetables and it measures what you do. So you can review it, possibly during, but more likely after. And compare with others (assuming they manage to sell two).
Well, somebody thought the world needed it... 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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