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List:       cryptography
Subject:    Re: Lots of thoughts on bridge
From:       Bill Frantz <frantz () netcom ! com>
Date:       1999-06-28 2:22:29
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At 12:52 PM -0700 6/26/99, bram wrote:
>I suggested earlier
>that five bits can be encoded in a single character by using letters and
>digits without 0,O,6 and G.

We found the risk of confusing 1 and l greater that the risk of confusing 6
and G.  I agree about 0 and O.  YMMV


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