"Well, I'm sure about the first two digits: 20.
Mitnick noticed that the first two digits of the eye-popping, near-billion-dollar loss were curiously misaligned.
So, he recalled, he had to manually enter the first two digits, using an IBM Selectric typewriter.
The "36" refers to the first two digits of a code stamped on each milk carton that traces the milk to a New York processor.
The date problem stems from how many computer systems use a two-digit dating system that assumes 1 and 9 are the first two digits of the year.
The toes are tipped with claws, and vestigial claws are not infrequently found on the tips of the first two digits of the wing.
The first two digits present provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government (for example, 440000 for Guangdong Province; 150000 for the Tibet Autonomous Region; and 110000 for Beijing).
The capital loss carryforward shall be one less than the annual RP 73-13 exclusion, added to two to the power given by the sum of the first two digits of the annual RP 73-13 exclusion.
As a result, Mr. Mitnick recalled, he had to use his typewriter to manually add the "-91," thus explaining why the first two digits appeared to be in a different font and were slightly misaligned from the following seven digits.
The first two digits in the code -- 1 and 0 -- exist only to inform the telephone system that a three-digit code identifying the desired carrier is about to follow.
To help voters navigate the system in particular the 10% of the electorate that is illiterate all candidates are identified by name, photograph and a number, whose first two digits indicate the party.
