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Beau Peep Notice Board => Just a Fort => Topic started by: Malc on April 25, 2008, 05:16:41 AM
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What does that "Contribution +10/-0" thing mean on the left hand side under our names?
Is it something we should be striving to improve, or something?
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The first number is how many brain cells everyone thinks you have. The second is how many people here like you.
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I see that with you, Mince, the second figure is a minus number ::)
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I bet you don't know why the maximum is 65535.
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That's not the maximum - I know of at least another 7 people that don't like you, over and above 65,535.
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I bet you don't know why the maximum is 65535.
Is it because they couldn't fit any more numbers in Pennsylvania ?
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Okay, so no one knows. Do you want me to tell you?
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Do we have a choice? ::)
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No, not really. I don't get very many chances to prove what a genius I am.
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No, not really. I don't get very many chances to prove what a genius I am.
And there we have it. It means, "Look at me, and how clever I am doing something that you lot of menials know nothing about". ::)
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No, not really. I don't get very many chances to prove what a genius I am.
And there we have it. It means, "Look at me, and how clever I am doing something that you lot of menials know nothing about". ::)
Actually, if I do explain it, I'll look like a geek. This was something I knew at the age of fourteen.
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Wow, that's even more impressive. Tell Tarquin - he'll fill me in on it when I next see him in a year or so.
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So soon?
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That's it. I'm not going to tell you.
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Oh, go on. You know you want to.
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Oh, if you insist.
[geek]
Imagine you had sixteen coins. How many different combinations of heads and tails are possible?
ANSWER: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 65536
Whoever programmed the number used two bytes of memory. Each byte has eight bits (on/off switches), so there are sixteen bits being used. This allows any number from 0 to 65535.
[/geek]
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Excellent. When are you going to write the interesting bit? ::)
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I never said it was going to be interesting.
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Yes, get on with it, Drama Queen!
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Do Geeks come from Geece?
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Do Geeks come from Geece?
:D :D :D :D :D
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Oh, if you insist.
[geek]
Imagine you had sixteen coins. How many different combinations of heads and tails are possible?
ANSWER: 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 65536
Whoever programmed the number used two bytes of memory. Each byte has eight bits (on/off switches), so there are sixteen bits being used. This allows any number from 0 to 65535.
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I knew that.
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I knew that.
Okay, try this puzzle (which I worked out in two hours at the age of fourteen).
Computers use bytes (eight bits) that can store any number between 0 and 255.
To store larger numbers, it uses more bytes.
Work out why each of these pairs of numbers represents the larger number.
10, 23 = 5898
101, 123 = 31589
123, 101 = 25979
143, 134 = 34447
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I knew that.
Okay, try this puzzle (which I worked out in two hours at the age of fourteen).
Computers use bytes (eight bits) that can store any number between 0 and 255.
To store larger numbers, it uses more bytes.
Work out why each of these pairs of numbers represents the larger number.
10, 23 = 5898
101, 123 = 31589
123, 101 = 25979
143, 134 = 34447
Sorry, at that age we were all out playing football.
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Yeah, or shagging.
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Yeah, or shagging.
;D
or drinking Buckfast.
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Yeah, or drawing cartoons.
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We were still using pens and paper when I was 14
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Yeah, or shagging.
;D
or drinking Buckfast.
I think they may have won the Eurovision song contest when I was 14
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We were still using pens and paper when I was 14
Wow! They let you use ink when you were 14!
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We were still using pens and paper when I was 14
Wow! They let you use ink when you were 14!
I'm sure she didn't inhale.
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I was sleeping with girls at 14, but I have omitted to mention this to my 14 year-old. I don't even let him ride his bike to the shops.
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I was sleeping with girls at 14, but I have omitted to mention this to my 14 year-old. I don't even let him ride his bike to the shops.
"Bike" is a horrible expression for a lady.
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This thread has...er...rather veered off track a bit!
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Hasn't the football been interesting lately?
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Can none of you solve my number puzzle?
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Celtic beating Rangers certainly set the cat amongst the pigeons, Roger!
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Can none of you solve my number puzzle?
Oh, that little thing. I thought you were just being patronising.
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Don't try that "I'm one of the lads." crap with me.
I remember this post (http://board.beaupeep.com/index.php?topic=112.msg1269#msg1269).
You geek!
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I'm watching the snooker.
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Don't try that "I'm one of the lads." crap with me.
I remember this post (http://board.beaupeep.com/index.php?topic=112.msg1269#msg1269).
You geek!
That was a fluke. I thought I was talking bull, and it just happened to be right.
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Your only saving manly grace in that post is that you cannot spell "misled".
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Oh, well done!
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Do I sense sarcasm?
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You need to sense something that blatant? ::)
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No, I was using litotes. Did you miss it?
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Last one to leave the forum, switch off the litotes.
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I think it's a new cream they give imbeciles, Roger.
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Did you know that an imbecile is one with a mental age of roughly 6 to 9 - ahead of an idiot but beneath a moron?
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So you've entered Phase Two? ::)
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I would have gone further but I'm waiting for you to catch up.
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I knew that.
Okay, try this puzzle (which I worked out in two hours at the age of fourteen).
Computers use bytes (eight bits) that can store any number between 0 and 255.
To store larger numbers, it uses more bytes.
Work out why each of these pairs of numbers represents the larger number.
10, 23 = 5898
101, 123 = 31589
123, 101 = 25979
143, 134 = 34447
Either say, "Computers use bytes (eight bits ) that can store any number between 0 and 255.
To store larger numbers, they use more bytes." or "A computer uses bytes (eight bits) that can store any number between 0 and 255.
To store larger numbers, it uses more bytes."
Take your pick.
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Excellent spot, Fydo.
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I have a pencil.
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I have a pencil.
That's nice.
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Thank you.
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I knew that.
Okay, try this puzzle (which I worked out in two hours at the age of fourteen).
Computers use bytes (eight bits) that can store any number between 0 and 255.
To store larger numbers, it uses more bytes.
Work out why each of these pairs of numbers represents the larger number.
10, 23 = 5898
101, 123 = 31589
123, 101 = 25979
143, 134 = 34447
Either say, "Computers use bytes (eight bits ) that can store any number between 0 and 255.
To store larger numbers, they use more bytes." or "A computer uses bytes (eight bits) that can store any number between 0 and 255.
To store larger numbers, it uses more bytes."
Take your pick.
Well, it depends on what the "it" stands for - "program", "programmer"?
In this case the antecedent is the implied "the storage".
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Thank you.
You're welcome.
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Thank you.
You're welcome.
You've interrupted M!nce boring the pants off us.
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Thank you.
You're welcome.
You've interrupted M!nce boring the pants off us.
You're welcome also.
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Thank you for welcoming me. (You're welcome to thank me). I think thanking is welcome.
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I welcome thankful thinking.
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I'm watching snooker.
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Who's batting?
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Norah
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The batsman is the one in goal, right?
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The batsman is the one in goal, right?
Who are you asking? ::)
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The intelligent one.
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I imagine Di will be asleep right now.
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Bit early, isn't it? It's only about 3pm in Vancouver (I've no idea if Diane is anywhere near Vancouver, but it's all Canada isn't it?).
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B*stards! >:( >:( >:(
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Tarquin.
Just checking again.
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Double b*stards!
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Mince, that's unforgivable.
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Do I have to ban you from "censored words"?
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Hang on. You ban me? Are we forgetting the natural order of things round here? ::)
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I knew I was right to use the plural. >:( >:(
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Hang on. You ban me? Are we forgetting the natural order of things round here? ::)
Are we forgetting my programming skills?
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I wouldn't have a clue how the "back-end" of this site works, so you've more or less confessed. ::)
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Good. Then once I have removed the censored words, it should stay that way.
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Bum. Bugger.
It's not working.
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I knew that.
Okay, try this puzzle (which I worked out in two hours at the age of fourteen).
Computers use bytes (eight bits) that can store any number between 0 and 255.
To store larger numbers, it uses more bytes.
Work out why each of these pairs of numbers represents the larger number.
10, 23 = 5898
101, 123 = 31589
123, 101 = 25979
143, 134 = 34447
Deep sigh!
The second number in each pair is the number of times the number is
divisible by 256, and the first number in the pair is the remainder.
so 5898 = 10 + (23 x 256)
31589 = 101 + (123 x 256)
so basically in 2 bytes (which can each take any value from 0 to 255),
you can store numbers in the format (byte1 x 256) +byte2
You can then store any number from 0 to 65025 (255x255) in 2 bytes
No further correspondence on this subject will be welcome, oleaginous, ophidian antecedents, in particular.
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You sure?
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::) has met his (http://www.theleadershiphub.com/files/icons/lh-match.gif)
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Okay, try this puzzle (which I worked out in two hours at the age of fourteen).
Computers use bytes (eight bits) that can store any number between 0 and 255.
To store larger numbers, it uses more bytes.
Work out why each of these pairs of numbers represents the larger number.
10, 23 = 5898
101, 123 = 31589
123, 101 = 25979
143, 134 = 34447
Deep sigh!
The second number in each pair is the number of times the number is
divisible by 256, and the first number in the pair is the remainder.
so 5898 = 10 + (23 x 256)
31589 = 101 + (123 x 256)
so basically in 2 bytes (which can each take any value from 0 to 255),
you can store numbers in the format (byte1 x 256) +byte2
You can then store any number from 0 to 65025 (255x255) in 2 bytes
No further correspondence on this subject will be welcome, oleaginous, ophidian antecedents, in particular.
Actually, the largest number that can be stored in two bytes is 255, 255 = 65535 (i.e. 255 + 255 x 256).
Apart from that, it's not bad.
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Maybe he's talking about economy bytes. :P
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The snooker is back on.
Stephen Hendry is winning.
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Maybe he's talking about economy bytes. :P
Well done for not getting the answer. Your manly image is returning.
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Okay, my turn for a question:
"What's the difference between a pilchard, and Mince?"
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Okay, my turn for a question:
"What's the difference between a pilchard, and Mince?"
Pilchards are nice in a brown bread sandwich and Mince......
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Okay, my turn for a question:
"What's the difference between a pilchard, and Mince?"
Pilchards are nice in a brown bread sandwich and Mince......
... is a dickhead.
Correct Vulch! I mustn't make the questions so easy in future.
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... is a dickhead.
Ooh, I'm going up in the world.
Actually, that's a personal attack, and I'm going to report you to the admins, or even Roger himself.
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Sorry. My mistake. I'd meant to put "...is horrible in a brown bread sandwich".
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Tell that to Roger.