sdmx:
SDMX: Kind of a weird historical parallel I just realized. A Piece of Eight, the pirate currency, is literally dividable into eight parts, each part called a ‘bit’.
SDMX: And thus easily making the jump from bits and bytes for us in the tech field.
SDMX: But the bit gets its name as a portmanteau of the phrase ‘binary digit’.
SDMX: Strange that these two revolutionary entities both independently use a base eight factor and adopt the same name.
Sixty4k: where do you get this stuff from?
Sixty4k: love it, but wtf…
SDMX: Well the bit comparison comes from one of the best Disney films of all time: Uncle Scrooge and Money
SDMX:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwk1MBRNUz0
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP3Rv-nib5MSDMX: Made in the same era as one of the other great Disney Films that no one knows about: http://www.spike.com/video-clips/8zn0yo/vd-attack-plan
A discussion between myself and the illustrious Sixty4K. I’ll bet you didn’t know Disney had a battle plan for your crotch, did you?
Scrooge McDuck says money is something we should all learn about. Even my hedge fund managers couldn’t explain fiat currency.
