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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
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The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&#	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:20
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	Sorry to be dim here but I really have no idea... I have been informed that I am part of a gang on here that can 'hex' people. Can someone tell me what that means please and where it comes from?
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 11,453 Send Message	Clueless	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:21
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 11,453 Send Message	eerrr think it's a spell Teresa lol...xx
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 4,177 Send Message	Wild Cat	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:22
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 4,177 Send Message	Think its a curse/spell
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11,594 Send Message	~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ 007 1/2	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:23
	Etymology It was IBM that decided on the prefix of "hexa" rather than the proper Latin prefix of "sexa". The word "hexadecimal" is strange in that hexa is derived from the Greek έξ (hex) for "six" and decimal is derived from the Latin for "tenth". It may have been derived from the Latin root, but Greek deka is so similar to the Latin decem that some would not consider this nomenclature inconsistent. An older term was the incorrect Latin-like "sexidecimal" (correct Latin is "sedecim" for 16), but that was changed because some people thought it too risqué,[citation needed] and it also had an alternative meaning of "base 60". However, the word "sexagesimal" (base 60) retains the prefix. The earlier Bendix documentation used the term "sexadecimal". Donald Knuth has pointed out that the etymologically correct term is "senidenary", from the Latin term for "grouped by 16". (The terms "binary", "ternary" and "quaternary" are from the same Latin construction, and the etymologically correct term for "decimal" arithmetic is "denary".)[7] Schwartzman notes that the expected purely Latin form would be "sexadecimal", but then computer hackers would be tempted to shorten the word to "sex".[8] Incidentally, the etymologically proper Greek term would be hexadecadic (although in Modern Greek deca-hexadic (δεκαεξαδικός) is more commonly used). It sounds very rude ;-)
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:23
	Teresa , yes it is a curse or spell.....do you need any 'eye of newt' sending over? LOL Rose xx
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Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&#	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:24
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	You're kidding! OMG! Now I'm really shocked! How could anyone think that of me or my friends? I don't know whether to laugh or cry at that! Thanks for letting me know.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 11,453 Send Message	Clueless	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:26
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 11,453 Send Message	Direct translation from Dutch ...Hex is a witch...if that helps...xx
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 4,177 Send Message	Wild Cat	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:26
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 4,177 Send Message	Try & laugh it off ! I've never seen you post nasty things
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 37,870 Send Message	Silly Sausage	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:27
	Hiya Hun......~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have only ever seen that word Hex on here...never knew what it meant...
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&#	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:27
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	Witch????? It gets worse PMSL Oh well, whoever said that must have too much time on their hands LOL stirs couldron.....er.....stew
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 11,453 Send Message	Clueless	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:28
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 11,453 Send Message	pmsl Teresa...tuts some people eh! ..xx
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&#	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:29
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	Nice black pointy hat Hayley? Hee hee
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,385 Send Message	♥♥Straykitten♥♥	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:30
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,385 Send Message	dont forget to get ya broom polished can i borrow it please cant be bothered walking round mams lol
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:30
	Teresa....maybe you could get together with 'Merlin' the wizard? and stir up some potions... nice ones that make us all pleasant to each other?! lol xxx
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Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 37,870 Send Message	Silly Sausage	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:32
	and just found the thread.....ahhhhh ....your right they have far to much time on their hands.....but .... lmao
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&#	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:32
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	Stray I might need it next weekend if the trains are stopped. Rose, wouldn't that be a nice idea?
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&#	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:33
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	Aww you know what? I can't be angry about it, it's too funny ROFLMAO
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,385 Send Message	♥♥Straykitten♥♥	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:35
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,385 Send Message	oh ok u witch ill walk lmao
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	₪ TeresaW elite empress of deleted threads&#	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:36
Member Since: July 2005 Posts: 23,508 Send Message	Don't gimme that Stray, you've got a lift! lol
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 37,870 Send Message	Silly Sausage	Report	23 Mar 2008 13:37
	Stray I thought it was only round the corner....get your dad to come and get you...lol TW .....I have said this all along....I can find it in my heart to be angry ....just pity..... pmsl...

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