64? Where Did 64 Come Into It?" I Hear You Cry.

"64? Where did 64 come into it?" I hear you cry. Well, 64 is 8 squared,
don't you see? Ask a silly question, get a silly answer.
-- Tom Lehrer

Ask a silly person, get a silly answer.
If only I still had my Commodore 64... If only...
What a strange thing is man! and what a stranger Is woman!
-- Lord Byron (1788-1824) -- Don Juan, Canto ix, Stanza 64...
Abe: Now, remember the plan, boy. If you run out of air, tug on the rope.
.. Bart: 64 times, no more, no less. Got it. Abe: No no!...
Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation.
Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day....
Silly question!
0040 Can you name powers of two up to 2**16 in arbitrary order?
0041 ... up to 2**32? 0042 ... up to 2**64? -- from THE HACKER TEST...
0219 Do you own more than 16 floppy disks? 0220 ...
64 floppy disks? 0221 ... 256 floppy disks? 0222 ... 1024 floppy disks? -- from THE HACKER TEST...
Cherry ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones,--come and buy!
If so be you ask me where They do grow, I answer, there, Where my Julia's lips do smile,-- There 's the land, or cherry-isle....