[sdiy] bucket brigade circuit

[Scott Gravenhorst]

>ASSI wrote:
>
>> On Mittwoch, 17. November 2004 05:54, harrybissell wrote:
>> > I just saw "Spartacus" and learned that 'decimation' referred to
>> > counting out every tenth man and executing them.
>>
>> Decimation actually referred to letting every tenth man live and send
>> them home to tell the tale of the other nine men executed.

Can you quote a source for this?  

Merriam-Webster disagrees with you saying that it was every tenth man
who was killed.



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