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AmyStrange

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16. I love Unix/Linux...

Reply to Midnightwalk (Reply #15)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 04:53 PM

Feb 2021

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It's what the internet was built on (ARPANET).

It's also why http addresses use the forward slash / rather than the backward slash (this textbox won't allow me to display it), like in the Windows filing system.

Am I right or am I right?

Chime away, dude, and thanks.

ETA: 01101001 was just a random number, but it also sometimes means something else in machine language: E.
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Computer Rants %#&@$... [View all] AmyStrange Feb 2021 OP

ahh, marketing.... getagrip_already Feb 2021 #1

darn mouse!!! getagrip_already Feb 2021 #1

"little endian vs big endian"? AmyStrange Feb 2021 #4

It'll be interesting to see if people can figure out... AmyStrange Feb 2021 #8

"but why don't just say that when they advertise the damn things? " It's probably buried in mitch96 Feb 2021 #3

Or unlimited wifi... AmyStrange Feb 2021 #6

"Bastaaaards! " OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!!!!! nt mitch96 Feb 2021 #14

Sssssssssh! AmyStrange Feb 2021 #17

It's a computer thing.. right? I.T. guys use it all the time... ;) nt mitch96 Feb 2021 #18

Yeah, that's the ticket! AmyStrange Feb 2021 #19

#1) What's up with painting laptops ALL black? Ptah Feb 2021 #5

Why don't they do that at the factory? AmyStrange Feb 2021 #7

Yeah, complaining about something you could easily remedy seems silly. Ptah Feb 2021 #9

Didn't I say that in my post? AmyStrange Feb 2021 #10

+100000000000000000000000000000000 x 2 AmyStrange Feb 2021 #11

The same reason when you buy a 60" tv, it's measured diagonally Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #12

+100000000000000000000000000000000 x infinity AmyStrange Feb 2021 #13

I saw your curse on engineers below so I have to respond. Midnightwalk Feb 2021 #15

I love Unix/Linux... AmyStrange Feb 2021 #16

Unix is great Midnightwalk Feb 2021 #21

I actually understood all that... AmyStrange Feb 2021 #22

I also love Hex... AmyStrange Feb 2021 #20

Oh yeah, puter love can be extremely frustrating! But when I'm doing anything with mine abqtommy Feb 2021 #23

I wished that worked for me, but... AmyStrange Feb 2021 #24