Why did computer programmers used to celebrate Christmas on Halloween?
Because Oct 31 = Dec 25.
Methinks you'd better explaint that one !! :d :d
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
First program written in 1980
I got it straight away and I never wrote anything much in code.
Nobby!! Chew his coat
;D very good
Quote from: Orcs on 23 October 2023, 12:49:02 PMNobby!! Chew his coat
Why? That was hilarious. I'll not hex him for that.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
You've all lost me there...! But then my coding goes as far as making something BOLD!
Further evidence that there are 10 types of people, those who understand binary and those who don't :D
For those not computer nerd... ;)
Oct (short for Octal) is Base 8; 1,2,3...6,7, 10
That is the columns represent powers of 8 (so 100 Oct is 64, 15 Oct is our 13).
Unsurprisingly Dec is Decimal, our Base 10.
Oct 31 is 3x8 plus 1x1 = 25.
And Hex (as well beloved by Traveller fans) is base 16. 10 is represented by A and, 11 by B, 12 by C etc, so 31 is 1F
Must dust off my old Traveller set. Actually, I've got Striker as well.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/GDW_Striker_miniatures_ruleset_cover_1981.jpg)
Hmmm. Let me have a look at those SF offerings from Pendraken.
Why does my Circle of Life always take me to Pendraken's catalogue?
In late 80s I was in a fantastic Traveller campaign. It was the sort where the GM would just go with whatever lunacy broke out, at one point Rob was challenged to a duel, and as the challenged he got to pick weapon.
So he picked syringes full of laxatives.
QuoteMethinks you'd better explaint that one !! :d :d
It's a number-based jape.
Quote from: fulcrum on 23 October 2023, 04:29:03 PMFurther evidence that there are 10 types of people, those who understand binary and those who don't :D
Nonsense, there are 100 types of people. Those who understand binary and those who can work from incomplete data! :)
;D ;D ;D ;D
Several oldies but goodies ;)
I was coding before Nobby X_X
;D
Oh those were the days.
I can remember very clearly at work showing someone how to convert from binary to octal and back again. (its easy)
But I cannot remember why!!! :'( :'(
Perhapes 1 had 0 to it ?
Fortran, Cobol, assembly code, Vi, BASIC .... things to cut your teeth on. Last coding I did was Ruby on Rails and Unix. Glad to not have to do it again.
My only formal IT qualification is a couple of SVQs in using the Internet and Email!
Lol. That was funny.
Of course I've been a programmer for almost 40 years now.
OK saw this un on a survey site - What do you call 8 Hobbits - a Hobbyte
When I was a student, the wall of a toilet cubicle in the tower block that housed the English Department had the following inscribed upon it:
WARNING: Tolkien is hobbit forming!