Talk:Hex - Revision history

Lias Bluestone: /* GBL */ new section

2021-03-17T22:59:07Z

GBL: new section

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	The android in Red Dwarf (Kryten) who briefly called himself 'Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops! Where's My Thribble?' did so as a result of external trauma, i.e. an axe being forcibly buried into his 'spinal column', rather than computer senility. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOE7qTAK87o] [[User:Lhspanner\|Lhspanner]] 23:17, 31 October 2019 (GMT)		The android in Red Dwarf (Kryten) who briefly called himself 'Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops! Where's My Thribble?' did so as a result of external trauma, i.e. an axe being forcibly buried into his 'spinal column', rather than computer senility. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOE7qTAK87o] [[User:Lhspanner\|Lhspanner]] 23:17, 31 October 2019 (GMT)

			== GBL ==

			The "GBL" makes me think of the great big lever on the side of vintage antique one-arm bandits, the ones before the boring electronic ones with lots of buttons and lights and nudges and all that. When you pull it, all the wheels spin like crazy before settling down one by one ... reminiscent of Hex much? --[[User:Lias Bluestone\|Lias Bluestone]] ([[User talk:Lias Bluestone\|talk]]) 22:59, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Lhspanner at 23:32, 31 October 2019

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	The reason I haven't referenced in main text is because its hear-say. I was told it many years ago by an ex-GEC engineer who was working in the city using the then ultra new operating system from IBM/Microsoft OS/2 version 1 [[User:Big Kate\|Big Kate]] ([[User talk:Big Kate\|talk]]) 14:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)		The reason I haven't referenced in main text is because its hear-say. I was told it many years ago by an ex-GEC engineer who was working in the city using the then ultra new operating system from IBM/Microsoft OS/2 version 1 [[User:Big Kate\|Big Kate]] ([[User talk:Big Kate\|talk]]) 14:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

	The android in Red Dwarf (Kryten) who briefly called himself 'Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops! Where's My Thribble?' did so as a result of external trauma, i.e. an axe being forcibly buried into his 'spinal column', rather than computer senility. [[User:Lhspanner\|Lhspanner]] 23:17, 31 October 2019 (GMT)		The android in Red Dwarf (Kryten) who briefly called himself 'Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops! Where's My Thribble?' did so as a result of external trauma, i.e. an axe being forcibly buried into his 'spinal column', rather than computer senility. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOE7qTAK87o] [[User:Lhspanner\|Lhspanner]] 23:17, 31 October 2019 (GMT)

Lhspanner at 23:17, 31 October 2019

2019-10-31T23:17:38Z

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	The reason I haven't referenced in main text is because its hear-say. I was told it many years ago by an ex-GEC engineer who was working in the city using the then ultra new operating system from IBM/Microsoft OS/2 version 1 [[User:Big Kate\|Big Kate]] ([[User talk:Big Kate\|talk]]) 14:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)		The reason I haven't referenced in main text is because its hear-say. I was told it many years ago by an ex-GEC engineer who was working in the city using the then ultra new operating system from IBM/Microsoft OS/2 version 1 [[User:Big Kate\|Big Kate]] ([[User talk:Big Kate\|talk]]) 14:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

	The android in Red Dwarf (Kryten) who briefly called himself 'Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops! Where's My Thribble?' did so as a result of external trauma, i.e. an axe being forcibly buried into his 'spinal column', rather than computer senility. [[User:Lhspanner:Lhspanner]] 23:17, 31 October 2019 (GMT)		The android in Red Dwarf (Kryten) who briefly called himself 'Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops! Where's My Thribble?' did so as a result of external trauma, i.e. an axe being forcibly buried into his 'spinal column', rather than computer senility. [[User:Lhspanner\|Lhspanner]] 23:17, 31 October 2019 (GMT)

Lhspanner at 23:17, 31 October 2019

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	The reason I haven't referenced in main text is because its hear-say. I was told it many years ago by an ex-GEC engineer who was working in the city using the then ultra new operating system from IBM/Microsoft OS/2 version 1 [[User:Big Kate\|Big Kate]] ([[User talk:Big Kate\|talk]]) 14:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)		The reason I haven't referenced in main text is because its hear-say. I was told it many years ago by an ex-GEC engineer who was working in the city using the then ultra new operating system from IBM/Microsoft OS/2 version 1 [[User:Big Kate\|Big Kate]] ([[User talk:Big Kate\|talk]]) 14:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

	The android in Red Dwarf (Kryten) who briefly called himself 'Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops! Where's My Thribble?' did so as a result of external trauma, i.e. an axe being forcibly buried into his 'spinal column', rather than computer senility.		The android in Red Dwarf (Kryten) who briefly called himself 'Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops! Where's My Thribble?' did so as a result of external trauma, i.e. an axe being forcibly buried into his 'spinal column', rather than computer senility. [[User:Lhspanner:Lhspanner]] 23:17, 31 October 2019 (GMT)

Lhspanner at 23:16, 31 October 2019

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	The cookie thing is not a virus its from UK GEC computers used for telecom engineering such as system x. It was based on the idea of fortune cookies and besides the syntax described had commands to add to the database via the bake command		The cookie thing is not a virus its from UK GEC computers used for telecom engineering such as system x. It was based on the idea of fortune cookies and besides the syntax described had commands to add to the database via the bake command
	The reason I haven't referenced in main text is because its hear-say. I was told it many years ago by an ex-GEC engineer who was working in the city using the then ultra new operating system from IBM/Microsoft OS/2 version 1 [[User:Big Kate\|Big Kate]] ([[User talk:Big Kate\|talk]]) 14:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)		The reason I haven't referenced in main text is because its hear-say. I was told it many years ago by an ex-GEC engineer who was working in the city using the then ultra new operating system from IBM/Microsoft OS/2 version 1 [[User:Big Kate\|Big Kate]] ([[User talk:Big Kate\|talk]]) 14:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

			The android in Red Dwarf (Kryten) who briefly called himself 'Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk Kerplunk Whoops! Where's My Thribble?' did so as a result of external trauma, i.e. an axe being forcibly buried into his 'spinal column', rather than computer senility.

Big Kate: cookies relates to baking and receiving a computer analog of a 'fortune' cookie on a GEC mainframe

2017-02-10T14:47:24Z

cookies relates to baking and receiving a computer analog of a 'fortune' cookie on a GEC mainframe

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	Amusingly, a prototype computer-like structure has in fact been built which is driven by soldier crabs. It has a long way to go before becoming complex enough to rival conventional PC's, but the idea shows promise. Scuttling crabs powering a low-tech computer... Google on [[http://www.i-programmer.info/news/112-theory/4071-a-crab-based-computer.html\|Lucy Black and “A Crab-Based Computer”]] There is also a Java program called "Shellfish".[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 16:33, 14 August 2014 (UTC)		Amusingly, a prototype computer-like structure has in fact been built which is driven by soldier crabs. It has a long way to go before becoming complex enough to rival conventional PC's, but the idea shows promise. Scuttling crabs powering a low-tech computer... Google on [[http://www.i-programmer.info/news/112-theory/4071-a-crab-based-computer.html\|Lucy Black and “A Crab-Based Computer”]] There is also a Java program called "Shellfish".[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 16:33, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

			The cookie thing is not a virus its from UK GEC computers used for telecom engineering such as system x. It was based on the idea of fortune cookies and besides the syntax described had commands to add to the database via the bake command
			The reason I haven't referenced in main text is because its hear-say. I was told it many years ago by an ex-GEC engineer who was working in the city using the then ultra new operating system from IBM/Microsoft OS/2 version 1 [[User:Big Kate\|Big Kate]] ([[User talk:Big Kate\|talk]]) 14:47, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

AgProv: A computer? Powered by scurrying multi-legged creatures? Impossible.

2014-08-14T16:33:58Z

A computer? Powered by scurrying multi-legged creatures? Impossible.

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	--[[User:Confusion\|Confusion]] ([[User talk:Confusion\|talk]]) 20:18, 27 November 2012 (PST)		--[[User:Confusion\|Confusion]] ([[User talk:Confusion\|talk]]) 20:18, 27 November 2012 (PST)

	Amusingly, a prototype computer-like structure has in fact been built which is driven by soldier crabs. It has a long way to go before becoming complex enough to rival conventional PC's, but the idea shows promise. Scuttling crabs powering a low-tech computer... Google on [[http://www.i-programmer.info/news/112-theory/4071-a-crab-based-computer.html\|Lucy Black and “A Crab-Based Computer”]]		Amusingly, a prototype computer-like structure has in fact been built which is driven by soldier crabs. It has a long way to go before becoming complex enough to rival conventional PC's, but the idea shows promise. Scuttling crabs powering a low-tech computer... Google on [[http://www.i-programmer.info/news/112-theory/4071-a-crab-based-computer.html\|Lucy Black and “A Crab-Based Computer”]] There is also a Java program called "Shellfish".[[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 16:33, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

AgProv at 16:32, 14 August 2014

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	I still wonder about the beach ball thing that goes parp, though.		I still wonder about the beach ball thing that goes parp, though.
	--[[User:Confusion\|Confusion]] ([[User talk:Confusion\|talk]]) 20:18, 27 November 2012 (PST)		--[[User:Confusion\|Confusion]] ([[User talk:Confusion\|talk]]) 20:18, 27 November 2012 (PST)

			Amusingly, a prototype computer-like structure has in fact been built which is driven by soldier crabs. It has a long way to go before becoming complex enough to rival conventional PC's, but the idea shows promise. Scuttling crabs powering a low-tech computer... Google on [[http://www.i-programmer.info/news/112-theory/4071-a-crab-based-computer.html\|Lucy Black and “A Crab-Based Computer”]]

Osiris: 1 revision: Talk Namespace

2012-12-26T03:16:18Z

1 revision: Talk Namespace

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Confusion: Things that go parp

2012-11-28T04:18:47Z

Things that go parp

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-Re: REDO FROM START. I'm pretty sure the original was more accurate; the new version doesn't compute, anyway. But then, it's only annotation. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 21:39, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
+Broken umbrella with herrings: some kind of antenna?
+I still wonder about the beach ball thing that goes parp, though.
-Re: GBL and FTB. In some data centers its typical to refer to the rebooting/starting up of a server by using the BRB or Big Red Button, as certain brands of equipment featured a physical Big Red Button on the front panel. - Normally noted down in the logs as something like "Serverxxxx crashed, BRB resolved". Apparently used to make the simple task of flipping a switch sound more technical when questioned by non-IT staff.  FTB may also imply the roundworld FPU or floating-point unit, which back in late 80's was an extra chip that could be installed in certain computers to speed up certain types of operation.
+--[[User:Confusion|Confusion]] ([[User talk:Confusion|talk]]) 20:18, 27 November 2012 (PST)