URLs, IPs and interception

[Peter Tomlinson]

Tom Thomson wrote:
> -- Peter Fairbrother
> Sgriobh Peter Fairbrother [zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk]
>
> (snip)
>   
>> but that alone *doubles* the IPv4 address space
>>     
> (snip)
>   
>> [*]((2^32 - 1)/2^32, for those who are as pedantic as I can be when
>> drunk.. or being mathematical ..)
>>     
>
> As an ex-mathematician, and at least as drunk as Peter, I can be equally
> pedantic:  what notation is it that uses right to left lexical
> precedence for operators ^ and -?  Usually one assumes either left to
> right precendence or tha ^ takes precedence over -, which gives
> approximately 1 for the quoted formula (1 less one part in about 4
> billion) instead of approximately 0.5.
>
>   
And - totally OT - if you are an ex mathematician I'm an ex physicist. A 
recent diagram published by 'Burning Our Money' [1] claims Engineering 
and Physical & Env Sciences graduates do extremely well (bettered only 
by medicos) in the gross additional lifetimes earnings stakes, but I 
reckon that its those who go to jobs where they rarely if ever use their 
specific subject skills that bump up the figures. No wonder we have a 
shortage of technical people in the jobs market - pay rates are too low 
(have just heard that IPS is looking for a biometric specialist at £40K).

Peter

[1] In article 'That 50% Uni Target'  
http://burningourmoney.blogspot.com/2008/02/that-50-uni-target.html