[pseudolus]

Sometimes it's best to go with the classics: big-endian versus little-endian.

[082349872349872]

supposedly overheard: two IBM mainframe weenies at lunch, discussing their recent support for Unix guests. "I don't know which editor I should try first: ehm-ucks or six"

[inopinatus]

Alas, when introduced by Swift in Gulliver’s Travels this was itself a metaphor for arguments about religion being a front for politics.

[mindcrime]

ASCII or EBCDIC?

[ketzu]

The important part is that it is silently converted at various boundaries so you can never know for sure.

[pbhjpbhj]

They're the same, just turn the circuit over.

[euroderf]

VHS or Betamax ?