Stupid Guest Tricks

I start by showing them a simple binary number, and how it is translated into hexadecimal, then how hex is used in various files and programs, headers etc. pretty basic stuff. I've noticed that even people with Software Developer/Programmer degrees often have little knowledge of binary or hex. So m...

hobie16 wrote:Did you know that a square wave isn't?

if it is, your lissajous pattern needs some tweaking! (twerking?)

ha! I Remember those catalogs!

..build your own STEREO!!!!

and of course

at radioshack who could forget the tandy TRS80 supercomputer!!!

... she held up her phone, "thats not true, my phone understands me texting and my voice." ... That's when you look her in the eye and calmly ask, "How?" Ha! I should have, but her head would have probably burst into flames. I learned early on, when talking about such things to ...

The time we went, we really enjoyed it, but I am no longer much of a drinker, but I did like the whine! :cool: the different foods were interesting, and we both had a nice time. but going there for the sole purpose of getting hammered? not so much. (I always think of the next day hell it would be to...

I don't get why parents would do that.

I know that kids get fears growing up, but they usually overcome them on their own terms. hitting a kid sure isn't going to accomplish that!

Reminds me of a story from Old Los Angeles when they still had streetcars: There was a major fire, and police were redirecting traffic around the blockage. A streetcar pulled up and stopped, and most of the passengers got off. "Hey buddy! You can't stop here. Turn left and go around the block....

I remember the first "computer" I worked with was about half the size of a refrigerator, and to program it, we had to use 8 level teletype paper tape. The computer had a whopping 128k memory!! a few months ago I was cleaning out some storage boxes and came across some SCSI boards and an o...

HA! I remember teaching a basic computer class to new employees. the idea was to give them enough knowledge that they could know what kind of information was available to them. I always started out by asking for a show of hands, on who was a computer expert. As you might imagine, almost everyone's h...

WEDFan wrote:There was an old Frank and Ernest cartoon captioned (roughly):

In school I really enjoyed math, but I was terrible at it.
It was then I decided that liking math and being good at it were three entirely different things.

Mmmmmmkayyyyyy.

maybe he was talking about binary?