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... in December 2003, they switched naming schemes to BIAB 2004. Perhaps to avoid calling it '13'? Does Asia have the same superstition about the number 13?








Just for the record, thirteen happens to be my favorite number based on the fact that my first initial (M) is the 13th letter of the alphabet.

In one episode of Dragnet a house of "hippies" has a number "13" hung on the wall and one of the "hippies" explains to Sgt. Friday that it is because "mother" starts with the 13th letter.

Ah, TV back in the good-old-days.