[KwartzLab] Hexadecimal

[Ben Brown]

But they did have the Windows and Context Menu keys.

;)

On 12/4/2012 11:58 AM, Jonathan Lamothe wrote:
> Fun fact: early typewriters didn't have a 0 or a 1.  You had to use a
> capital o or a lower case L.
>
> On 12-12-04 11:56 AM, Ed Blanchard wrote:
> > Don't even get me started on 1 and l .... (one and ell).
>
> > EdB
>
> > On 12/4/2012 11:53 AM, Cedric Puddy wrote:
> >> A "slashed" 0 is for when clarity between "0" and "O" (zero and
> >> capital letter "o") matters greatly.
> >>
> >> Traditional console/terminal fonts take pains to distinguish the
> >> two, since, on a computer, one cannot be certain that there will
> >> be context to distinguish the two.  In "normal" communication,
> >> it's rarely a problem, because we usually have context to refer
> >> to.  A special circle of hell is reserved for companies that
> >> generate license keys that have both characters, and are printed
> >> in a font wherein both characters are nearly identical… :)
> >>
> >> It's not just an IBM thing -- I say it was a "pretty much
> >> everybody" thing, until we started letting non-computer people
> >> use computers, instead of just admire them from a distance.
> >>
> >> -Cedric
> >>
> >> On 2012-12-04, at 12:00 AM, Michael Dunn wrote:
> >>
> >>> At 11:35 PM -0500 12/3/12, Karl Williams wrote:
> >>>> My favorite hex number is C0FFEE.
> >>>
> >>> Do you remember the "COFFEE" talking machine at the Science
> >>> Centre? :-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Sometime when I'm bored I'll pick any base, other than ten,
> >>>> and do mind calculations. Base-12 (Duodecimal) is fun.
> >>>
> >>> 6x9=42 (base 13)
> >>>
> >>> Why does one of my calcs have "Pental"!??!!!??? (base 5)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> Doc's offhand comment about IBM and hexadecimal notation
> >>>>> piqued my curiosity.
> >>>
> >>> Why does IBM use "slashed" 0 for O?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> md
> >>>
> >>>
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