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diff --git a/doc/bin_dec_hex.pod b/doc/bin_dec_hex.pod
index 522820c..e52f200 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/bin_dec_hex.pod
+++ b/doc/bin_dec_hex.pod
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 bin_dec_hex - How to use binary, decimal, and hexadecimal notation.
 
-=for html <div align="right"><a href="bin_dec_hex.pdf">PDF</a> version.</div>
-
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 Most people use the decimal numbering system. This system uses ten
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ number 9 can be seen as "00009" and when we should increment 9, we
 reset it to zero and increment the digit just before the 9 so the
 number becomes "00010". Leading zeros we don't write except if it is
 the only digit (number 0). And of course, we write zeros if they occur
-anywhere inside or at the end of a number: 
+anywhere inside or at the end of a number:
 
  "00010" -> " 0010" -> " 010" -> "  10", but not "  1 ".
 
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ representations, but with eight different symbols.
  (2)    (8) (10) (16)
  00000   0    0    0
  00001   1    1    1
- 00010   2    2    2 
+ 00010   2    2    2
  00011   3    3    3
  00100   4    4    4
  00101   5    5    5
@@ -160,7 +158,8 @@ you're writing in. Some of the prefixes are "0x" for C, "$" for
 Pascal, "#" for HTML.  It is common to assume that if a number starts
 with a zero, it is octal. It does not matter what is used as long as
 you know what it is. I will use "0x" for hexadecimal, "%" for binary
-and "0" for octal.  The following numbers are all the same, just their represenatation (base) is different: 021 0x11 17 %00010001
+and "0" for octal.  The following numbers are all the same, just their
+representation (base) is different: 021 0x11 17 %00010001
 
 To do arithmetics and conversions you need to understand one more thing.
 It is something you already know but perhaps you do not "see" it yet:
@@ -256,7 +255,7 @@ is therefore "0" and we now have 0xA0??.
 (which is just plain 16) four times and write down "4" to get 0xA04?.
 Subtract 64 from 69 (69 - 4*16) and the last digit is 5 --> 0xA045.
 
-The other method builds ub the number from the right. Let's try 41'029
+The other method builds up the number from the right. Let's try 41'029
 again.  Divide by 16 and do not use fractions (only whole numbers).
 
  41'029 / 16 is 2'564 with a remainder of 5. Write down 5.
@@ -276,7 +275,7 @@ and the number of positions will grow rapidly. Using the second method
 has the advantage that you can see very easily if you should write down
 a zero or a one: if you divide by two the remainder will be zero if it
 is an even number and one if it is an odd number:
- 
+
  41029 / 2 = 20514 remainder 1
  20514 / 2 = 10257 remainder 0
  10257 / 2 =  5128 remainder 1
@@ -368,4 +367,4 @@ other people by pointing them to this document when they are asking
 basic questions. They will not only get their answer, but at the same
 time learn a whole lot more.
 
-Alex van den Bogaerdt  E<lt>alex@ergens.op.het.netE<gt>
+Alex van den Bogaerdt  E<lt>alex@vandenbogaerdt.nlE<gt>