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In article <1992Oct6.170513.25273@galois.mit.edu>, jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez) writes...

>"bits".  If we use natural log, as Boltzmann did, this number is the
>number of "nits".  Wasting energy arguing over small pieces of
>information is therefore known as "nitpicking."

You've got to be kidding.  I hope you were kidding.  A nit is the egg of a
louse, or, sometimes, its young.  Nit picking was a normal grooming activity
until quite recently, and required someone to painstakingly search through
your hair, looking for these tiny objects on or near your scalp.  It is 
remembered today mostly for the need to invest a large amount of effort
on something which seems, on the surface, too small to care about.


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