MAJOR Logs

65536 — the size of one port space: TCP has 65536 ports (0–65535) and UDP has its own separate 65536, because the port field in each header is 16 bits. More generally, the range of a 16-bit unsigned integer. Chunk 65536 → 65 · 53 · 6 → shell · lamb · shoe: a lamb and a shoe tuck...

Quiz: MAJOR / Powers of 2 | updated: Sep 14, 2026

arrow — the one coded sound is /r/ = 4. The vowels and w are free and the double "rr" is a single /r/ = 4. Picture a feathered arrow in flight.

Quiz: MAJOR / Single-Digit Pegs (0–9) | updated: Aug 19, 2026

owl — the one coded sound is /l/ = 5. The vowels are free, leaving /l/ = 5. Picture a wide-eyed owl on a branch.

Quiz: MAJOR / Single-Digit Pegs (0–9) | updated: Aug 19, 2026

shoe — the one coded sound is /sh/ = 6. The vowels are free, leaving /sh/ = 6 (the "sh" sound is one of the soft-6 group). Picture a single shoe.

Quiz: MAJOR / Single-Digit Pegs (0–9) | updated: Aug 19, 2026

cow — the one coded sound is hard /k/ = 7. The hard c = /k/ = 7; the ow is a free vowel + w. Picture a cow — recall that K, the 7-sound, looks like two 7s.

Quiz: MAJOR / Single-Digit Pegs (0–9) | updated: Aug 19, 2026

ace — the one coded sound is /s/ = 0. The vowels are free; the c in "ace" is a soft /s/, which is a 0. Picture the ace of spades — the single card that beats the rest.

Quiz: MAJOR / Single-Digit Pegs (0–9) | updated: Aug 19, 2026

ivy — the one coded sound is /v/ = 8. The vowels and y are free, leaving /v/ = 8. Picture ivy climbing a wall; the cursive f/v shape loops like a figure-8.

Quiz: MAJOR / Single-Digit Pegs (0–9) | updated: Aug 19, 2026

tie — the one coded sound is /t/ = 1. The vowels are free, leaving /t/ = 1. Picture a single silk tie hanging straight down like the digit 1.

Quiz: MAJOR / Single-Digit Pegs (0–9) | updated: Aug 19, 2026

bee — the one coded sound is /b/ = 9. The vowels are free, leaving /b/ = 9. Picture a buzzing bee — a 9 mirrors a P/b.

Quiz: MAJOR / Single-Digit Pegs (0–9) | updated: Aug 19, 2026

hen — the one coded sound is /n/ = 2. The h is free, so only /n/ = 2 counts. Picture a hen with her two legs, or two eggs beneath her.

Quiz: MAJOR / Single-Digit Pegs (0–9) | updated: Aug 19, 2026