Sayeth Nick Andrew <nick-(E-Mail Removed)>:
> "Dr.Shifty" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
> >They only use numbers that look the same from the other side of the
> >see-through dot.
> >That means that they're all 0, 1, 3, 8, or 6 and 9 (interchangeable).
>
> So when people read the number half the time they are reading the
> number backwards cause there are no clues as to correct orientation!
> (except in the 3, what's that doing there?, it's not symmetric. And
> 6 and 9 are only the same under rotation; when inverted they still
> look different)

10 points to Dr. Shifty!

-----sharks
--
Nick 'Sharkey' Moore | Everyone complains about the laws of physics
<(E-Mail Removed)> | but nobody ever does anything about them!

sharkey wrote:

> Sayeth Nick Andrew <nick-(E-Mail Removed)>:
> > "Dr.Shifty" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
> >
> > >They only use numbers that look the same from the other side of the
> > >see-through dot.
> > >That means that they're all 0, 1, 3, 8, or 6 and 9 (interchangeable).
> >
> > So when people read the number half the time they are reading the
> > number backwards cause there are no clues as to correct orientation!
> > (except in the 3, what's that doing there?, it's not symmetric. And
> > 6 and 9 are only the same under rotation; when inverted they still
> > look different)
>
> 10 points to Dr. Shifty!
>
> -----sharks
> --
> Nick 'Sharkey' Moore | Everyone complains about the laws of physics
> <(E-Mail Removed)> | but nobody ever does anything about them!

Fangs, Sharks.
I've never been much good at fishing, but if you hide the bait well enough
something take a nibble.

Kim