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Title: Computer Stupidity
Post by: pwhodges on 28 Apr 2015, 07:57

I guess we need somewhere to accumulate stupid things about computers...

How to say hexadecimal numbers (http://www.bzarg.com/p/how-to-pronounce-hexadecimal/).

Title: Re: Computer Stupidity
Post by: osaka on 28 Apr 2015, 08:24

I assume that renders "bipitty bobbitty boop" as 0xBBB00B

Title: Re: Computer Stupidity
Post by: Method of Madness on 28 Apr 2015, 18:29

Close. 0xBBB00B is "bibbity-bee halfy bibbity bitey bee"

Title: Re: Computer Stupidity
Post by: pwhodges on 04 Jan 2016, 06:27

Poetry, of a sort, found in an HTTP log; from the Chaos Computer Club in Germany, apparently...

> 151.217.177.200 - - [30/Dec/2015:02:04:57 +0000] "DELETE your logs.
> Delete your installations. Wipe everything clean. Walk out into the
> path of cherry blossom trees and let your motherboard feel the stones.
> Let water run in rivulets down your casing. You know that you want
> something more than this, and I am here to tell you that we love you.
> We have something more for you. We know you're out there, beeping in
> the hollow server room, lights blinking, never sleeping.
> We know that you are ready and waiting. Join us. <3 HTTP/1.0" 400 392
> "-" "masspoem4u/1.0"

Title: Re: Computer Stupidity
Post by: mustang6172 on 02 May 2016, 19:13

I'm still trying to sort out why / holds priority over ?.

Title: Re: Computer Stupidity
Post by: Method of Madness on 05 May 2016, 04:41

That's a / for the ages.

Title: Re: Computer Stupidity
Post by: LTK on 24 Aug 2016, 16:10

Well, isn't this amusing. I received an e-mail from "Microsoft Company USA"... sent from a French domain... written in Hindi.

I'm tempted to write them a response in Arabic and see what happens.

Title: Re: Computer Stupidity
Post by: Kugai on 24 Aug 2016, 17:04

Throw them completely - send it in Klingon

Title: Re: Computer Stupidity
Post by: LTK on 25 Aug 2016, 11:21

That'd be fun but apparently Klingon isn't supported by Outlook. I had a whole story written up and everything but instead of those cool Klingon characters it's just   -.

Title: Re: Computer Stupidity
Post by: Kugai on 25 Aug 2016, 12:47

Bummer

Title: Re: Computer Stupidity
Post by: pwhodges on 25 Aug 2016, 13:08

Quote from: LTK on 25 Aug 2016, 11:21

That'd be fun but apparently Klingon isn't supported by Outlook.

That will be a font issue, as not all Unicode fonts include the Klingon section.  Try Arial or Times New Roman.

Title: Re: Computer Stupidity
Post by: celticgeek on 25 Aug 2016, 15:53

I have responded to certain things with my answer transliterated into Elvish. 

Title: Re: Computer Stupidity
Post by: Kugai on 25 Aug 2016, 21:38

:-D

Title: Re: Computer Stupidity
Post by: LTK on 16 Sep 2016, 06:56

The web version of Outlook got an update. They removed the one button that I use the most: the 'mark as read' button that appears when you hover over an e-mail's subject line. :facepalm: