<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489797703436025777</id><updated>2011-11-28T11:58:46.473+11:00</updated><category term='8'/><category term='http://www.888dag.com'/><category term='Joke'/><category term='Special about this number'/><category term='88'/><category term='888DAG'/><category term='888'/><category term='DAG'/><title type='text'>Crazy about 8</title><subtitle type='html'>Let’s find out all what’s special about the number 8. 
Best - 8&amp;gt;888&amp;gt;DAG&amp;gt;888DAG - cheers

&lt;br&gt;888 --- &lt;a href="http://55digdag.blogspot.com/2008/07/go-crazy-about-8-and-888-dag-888dag.html"&gt;Jump Start Here&lt;/a&gt; --- DAG&lt;br&gt;

My first post in the history of  blogging.. thanks 888DAG - inspired me to start blogging – that’s fun, ideas, spirit to search &amp;amp; share. I searched about 8 just to start this blog and learnt-fantastic!
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Thanks Tony - Thanks AI-Media.. 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888 on WIki</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/888"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/888&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.888dag.com/"&gt;888DAG.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3489797703436025777-2828246223390038637?l=55digdag.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://55digdag.blogspot.com/feeds/2828246223390038637/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3489797703436025777&amp;postID=2828246223390038637' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3489797703436025777/posts/default/2828246223390038637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3489797703436025777/posts/default/2828246223390038637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://55digdag.blogspot.com/2008/08/wiki-888-888-on-wiki.html' title='Wiki 888 - 888 on WIki'/><author><name>55DigDag</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08166631091895481531</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489797703436025777.post-9173006199014591220</id><published>2008-08-20T02:37:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T02:40:21.464+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='http://www.888dag.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='8'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='88'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='888'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='888DAG'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Special about this number'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DAG'/><title type='text'>Wiki 8 - 8 on Wiki !!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_(number"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_(number&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.888dag.com/"&gt;888DAG.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3489797703436025777-9173006199014591220?l=55digdag.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://55digdag.blogspot.com/feeds/9173006199014591220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3489797703436025777&amp;postID=9173006199014591220' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3489797703436025777/posts/default/9173006199014591220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3489797703436025777/posts/default/9173006199014591220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://55digdag.blogspot.com/2008/08/wiki-8-8-on-wiki.html' title='Wiki 8 - 8 on Wiki !!!'/><author><name>55DigDag</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08166631091895481531</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489797703436025777.post-3174449255882359838</id><published>2008-08-20T02:15:00.006+10:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T02:36:49.487+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='http://www.888dag.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='8'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='888'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='888DAG'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Special about this number'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DAG'/><title type='text'>8 - Sphenic numbers always have exactly eight divisors - 888DAG</title><content type='html'>&lt;a title="Sphenic number" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenic_number"&gt;Sphenic numbers&lt;/a&gt; always have exactly eight divisors. wiki - &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenic_number"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenic_number&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S. In &lt;a title="Mathematics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics"&gt;mathematics&lt;/a&gt;, a sphenic number (&lt;a title="Old Greek" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Greek"&gt;Old Greek&lt;/a&gt; sphen = &lt;a title="Wedge" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge"&gt;wedge&lt;/a&gt;) is a &lt;a title="Natural number" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_number"&gt;positive integer&lt;/a&gt; which is the product of three distinct &lt;a title="Prime number" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number"&gt;prime numbers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.888dag.com/"&gt;888DAG.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3489797703436025777-3174449255882359838?l=55digdag.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://55digdag.blogspot.com/feeds/3174449255882359838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3489797703436025777&amp;postID=3174449255882359838' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3489797703436025777/posts/default/3174449255882359838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3489797703436025777/posts/default/3174449255882359838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://55digdag.blogspot.com/2008/08/8-sphenic-numbers-always-have-exactly.html' title='8 - Sphenic numbers always have exactly eight divisors - 888DAG'/><author><name>55DigDag</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08166631091895481531</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489797703436025777.post-7345258000834896192</id><published>2008-07-28T14:27:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T14:35:35.287+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='http://www.888dag.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='888'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='888DAG'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Special about this number'/><title type='text'>What's Special About This Number? and 888? &amp; DAG? &amp; 888DAG?</title><content type='html'>A huge list of great stuff on what's special about these numbers!!! Great work -- whosoever discovered!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where's 888? That list says:&lt;br /&gt;888 and the following 18 numbers are &lt;a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CompositeNumber.html"&gt;composite&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but I believe - the world will soon discover that 888 is DAG - and 888 will soon be known as synonym to DAG - Goooo hit &lt;a href="http://888dag.com/"&gt;http://888dag.com&lt;/a&gt;, be crazy about 888 &amp;amp; DAG .. realise &amp;amp; enjoy 888DAG spirit that's simply fantastic!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3489797703436025777-7345258000834896192?l=55digdag.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://55digdag.blogspot.com/feeds/7345258000834896192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3489797703436025777&amp;postID=7345258000834896192' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='http://www.888dag.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='8'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='888'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='888DAG'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Special about this number'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DAG'/><title type='text'>A few more 8 picks ... specially for 888DAG</title><content type='html'>1 x 8 + 1 = 9&lt;br /&gt;12 x 8 + 2 = 98&lt;br /&gt;123 x 8 + 3 = 987&lt;br /&gt;1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876&lt;br /&gt;12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765&lt;br /&gt;123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654&lt;br /&gt;1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543&lt;br /&gt;12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432&lt;br /&gt;123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9 x 9 + 7 = 88&lt;br /&gt;98 x 9 + 6 = 888 -- catch -- that's the DAG point -- 888DAG :-0)  &lt;a href="http://www.888dag.com/"&gt;http://www.888dag.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;987 x 9 + 5 = 8888&lt;br /&gt;9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888&lt;br /&gt;98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888&lt;br /&gt;987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888&lt;br /&gt;9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888&lt;br /&gt;98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3489797703436025777-3816936717089921858?l=55digdag.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://55digdag.blogspot.com/feeds/3816936717089921858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3489797703436025777&amp;postID=3816936717089921858' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3489797703436025777/posts/default/3816936717089921858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3489797703436025777/posts/default/3816936717089921858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://55digdag.blogspot.com/2008/07/few-more-8-picks-specially-for-888dag.html' title='A few more 8 picks ... specially for 888DAG'/><author><name>55DigDag</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08166631091895481531</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489797703436025777.post-372090451990398976</id><published>2008-07-28T11:50:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T14:25:54.480+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='http://www.888dag.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='8'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='888'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='888DAG'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DAG'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joke'/><title type='text'>A 8 Joke :) and then a 888 Joke - 888DAG joke :)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;What did 0 say to 8?&lt;br /&gt;Answer: "Nice belt!".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and what did three 0 say to three 8 :)&lt;br /&gt;000 - 888 ?&lt;br /&gt;hey DAG .. nice 888Dag belt :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8&lt;br /&gt;88&lt;br /&gt;888&lt;br /&gt;888-8&lt;br /&gt;888-88&lt;br /&gt;888-888&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3489797703436025777-372090451990398976?l=55digdag.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://55digdag.blogspot.com/feeds/372090451990398976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489797703436025777.post-9051531976175572216</id><published>2008-07-28T11:35:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T14:26:26.932+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='http://www.888dag.com'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='8'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='888'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='888DAG'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Special about this number'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DAG'/><title type='text'>Go crazy about 8.... and 888 &amp; DAG &amp; 888DAG</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;888&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 8 &lt;/span&gt;is the second &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.archimedes-lab.org/numbers/Num7_12.html#honestnumber"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;honest number&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;, because 8 = "two cubed". One can split a pie into 8 pieces with three straight cuts. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;888 &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is the largest cube (2^3) in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FibonacciNumber.html" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Fibonacci sequence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;8 = 5 + 1 + 2 and 512 = 8^3&lt;br /&gt;(2n - 1)^2 ≡ 1 (mod 8)(... any squared odd number is a multiple of 8 plus 1)&lt;br /&gt;Digital sums of prime pair products:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;5 x 7 = 35 and 3+5 = 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;11 x 13 = 143 and 1+4+3 = 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;17 x 19 = 323 and 3+2+3 = 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;29 x 31 = 899 and 8+9+9 = 26 and 2+6 = 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;41 x 43 = 1763 and 1+7+6+3 = 17 and 1+7 = 8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;59 x 61 = 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;599 and 3+5+9+9 = 26 and 2+6 = 8 ... etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;A base-8 (octal) numeral system was devised by the Yuki of Northern California, who used the spaces between the fingers to count.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Zenzizenzizenzic &lt;/strong&gt;was a term coined by earlier mathematicians to indicate the 8 power of a number. The root word is the German zenzic from the medieval Italian word censo. The Italians used censo to translate the Arabic word mál (literally "possessions, property") meaning 'squared' in the context of mathematics.&lt;br /&gt;1 human being out of 8 is a Chinese farmer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Inhabitants of the world (2004): 6.2 billions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Inhabitants of China (2004): 1.3 billions, 60% of them living in a rural area.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;The proportion is then: (1.3 · 60%)/6.2 = approx. 1 Chinese farmer / 8 human beings.--- Is this article still topical? Please send us your &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a title="Drop us a line" href="mailto:contact@archimedes-lab.org?Subject=ideas%20and%20suggestions%20&amp;amp;body=I%20have%20a%20suggestion..."&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;comments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;In numerology, 8 is the number of building, and in some theories, also the number of destruction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;"Bagua", in the Mystical Numbers of Taoism, represents the number 8 and symbolizes the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shouyuliang.com/newsletter/v5n5/v5n5a1.shtml" target="_self"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Eight Signs of Change&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt; and Combinations.&lt;br /&gt;Eight is considered a lucky number in Chinese culture because it sounds like the word "prosper". In Northern China, people often say: "If you want to be rich you must stick to the number eight". Dates and times with either a 6 or an 8 have been predominantly chosen as auspicious for important events. When Chinese businessmen stay in a hotel, they would rather choose rooms with numbers such as: 6, 8, 58, 168, 518, 588, 868, and so on. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hanukkah&lt;/em&gt; is an eight day Jewish holiday that starts on the 25th day of December.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ref: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.archimedes-lab.org/numbers/Num7_12.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;http://www.archimedes-lab.org/numbers/Num7_12.html&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A BIT MORE:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-Circuit_Model_of_Consciousness"&gt;8-Circuit Model of Consciousness&lt;/a&gt; (link ref: Wikipedia)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Techies :-)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;1 Byte = 8 bits :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-bit"&gt;About 55% of all CPUs sold in the world are 8-bit microcontrollers or microprocessors&lt;/a&gt; (link ref: Wikipedia)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joke&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; What did 0 say to 8? Answer: "Nice belt!". &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Sooooooooo ... everyone say &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"&gt;8&lt;/span&gt; .. say &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"&gt;888&lt;/span&gt; .. say &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"&gt;DAG&lt;/span&gt; ... and say &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;888DAG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3489797703436025777-9051531976175572216?l=55digdag.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://55digdag.blogspot.com/feeds/9051531976175572216/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3489797703436025777&amp;postID=9051531976175572216' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3489797703436025777/posts/default/9051531976175572216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3489797703436025777/posts/default/9051531976175572216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://55digdag.blogspot.com/2008/07/go-crazy-about-8-and-888-dag-888dag.html' title='Go crazy about 8.... and 888 &amp; DAG &amp; 888DAG'/><author><name>55DigDag</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08166631091895481531</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
