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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | The X that can be Y is not the true X Yet another instance of hackerdom's peculiar attraction to mystical references -- a common humorous way of making exclusive statements about a class of things. The template is from the "Tao te Ching": "The Tao which can be spoken of is not the true Tao." The implication is often that the X is a mystery accessible only to the enlightened. See the trampoline entry for an example, and compare has the X nature. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: THE X THAT CAN BE Y IS NOT THE TRUE X |
| Specialty definitions using "THE X THAT CAN BE Y IS NOT THE TRUE X": has the X nature. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 48 45      58      54 48 41 54      43 41 4E      42 45      59      49 53      4E 4F 54      54 48 45      54 52 55 45      58 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01011000 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000001 01010100 00100000 01000011 01000001 01001110 00100000 01000010 01000101 00100000 01011001 00100000 01001001 01010011 00100000 01001110 01001111 01010100 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010100 01010010 01010101 01000101 00100000 01011000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T H E   X   T H A T   C A N   B E   Y   I S   N O T   T H E   T R U E   X |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0048 0045      0058      0054 0048 0041 0054      0043 0041 004E      0042 0045      0059      0049 0053      004E 004F 0054      0054 0048 0045      0054 0052 0055 0045      0058 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5442392582544235542373548236392592435324849542544239254525539258 |
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