[UPHPU] So Long, Farewell

[Daniel C.]

The list has grown a lot recently and so most people on it don't know
me, but I think I should let those who do know that I'm leaving.  I
enlisted in the Army National Guard a few months ago and I'm going to
Basic on the 28th, which is just a bit less than two weeks from today.
 My MOS (job) is 11B (Stupid, Dirty Infantry Grunt) but I enlisted on
the 18X (Special Forces Candidate) track.  So after I finish infantry
and "jumping out of a perfectly good airplane" school I'm going to
have the opportunity to spend two months trudging all over Georgia's
swamps, about 20 miles a day, carrying over 80 pounds, using a map and
compass to navigate and getting very little sleep.  I am, of course,
thrilled that the Army is allowing me this opportunity.

If I get selected (there's about a 20% selection rate currently) I
will then go on to over two years of additional training to be an 18D
(SF Medic) and will receive my green beret at graduation.  If I don't
get selected... well, as my recruiter said, "It's complicated."

While I'm going through training I am going to be writing letters
home.  Some of them will be published on my blog, which you can find
at http://sf-candidate.livejournal.com/.  Currently there's nothing
there but a placeholder which I am going to fill in with some
information about the Green Berets.

You guys have a wonderful community here.  Thank you Wade and Victor,
and everyone else who has participated and contributed, for making the
UPHPU group what it is.

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What is the largest power of two that has three zeros at the end of
its base 7 representation? (before the radix point, aka "decimal
point")