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Are you a geek? Report here.
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:26 pm
by Speedlaw
Who knows what this billboard says? I didn't... Do now though. Geeks, show thyself!
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:43 pm
by dxg
N (78) << this will appear as a cool smilie - but it should be an 8 followed by a close bracket
o (111)
w (119)
(32) [space]
H (72)
i (105)
r (114)
i (105)
n (110)
g (103)
0 [the "null character" used to terminate a string]
So, it reads...
"Now hiring"
Deek
(Gets anorack...)
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:43 pm
by david burton
i am a geek and i understand it. but i do program C at work, so am I forgiven?
No
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:47 pm
by Speedlaw
Damn.
Seriously,
How'd you know that? The guys at a Microsoft blog were clueless (for the most part, I guess the ones that knew didn't bother). I was stumped too, obviously.
Tell me again what you do for a living?
You big freaky anorak you.
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:49 pm
by Speedlaw
Oh, and David, you're forgiven. And I thought C# was the new envogue language now?
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:50 pm
by mole
Very clever....
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 10:50 pm
by david burton
as soon as you see
char
it's got to be code. and every letter is represented by a number in computer speak (it's all one's and zero's after all). So those numbers are the equivalent ascii character set numbers.
http://www.asciitable.com
p.s. thanks for the forgiveness. I was forced into programming as I am meant to be an analyst not a programmer! That's cool though. C is ancient but most other codes eventually get converted to C at the end of the day...
p.p.s dxg beat me to it, so he must earn the mighty yellow patent anorak award! I only get a thorn coloured one
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 11:07 pm
by Speedlaw
Seriously impressed with you guys.
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 9:16 pm
by mole
I just typed the numbers holding "Alt" to convert them