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Old 05-03-2011
In case you are in need of nerdy T-Shirt inscriptions
Sysadmins seem to have a universal liking for T-Shirts with some nerd-humour written on it. Here are two highlights i ran across:

Code:
/bb|[^b]\{2\}/

(Shakespeare: "2 b or NOT 2 b")

The second one is SQL, but pretty self-explanatory once you try the gesture with your own hand:

Code:
SELECT finger
FROM hand
WHERE id=3;

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Old 05-03-2011
<nerd_mode>
That SQL is ambiguous. It can address the middle finger (assuming a 1-based index), the ring finger (assuming a little-endian (starting to count on the right) zero-based index) or the index finger (big-endian zero-based index).
</nerd_mode>

scnr

P.S: Personally, I prefer "Go 42 yourself"
# 3  
Old 05-03-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by pludi
I prefer "Go 42 yourself"
Well, I'm probably going to look like a dweeb, but I don't get it... Smilie Smilie Smilie
Last edited by Perderabo; 05-03-2011 at 06:37 PM.. Reason: fix the quote
# 4  
Old 05-03-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Perderabo
Well, I'm probably going to look like a dweeb, but I don't get it... Smilie Smilie Smilie
Count to 4 using your fingers, in base 2 Smilie
# 5  
Old 05-03-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by pludi
Count to 4 using your fingers, in base 2 Smilie
ROFL Smilie But I don't feel too bad about not getting it. It reminds me of a tee-shirt I saw though...

There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those that understand binary and those that don't.
# 6  
Old 05-03-2011
Haha... In the US "the finger" is a binary 4 ..
We don't usually give a 42... Haha
# 7  
Old 05-04-2011
Hey! As a goofy research project today, I searched the web and could not find any reference to an obscene finger gesture that is a binary 42, ROTFL. Sticking out the middle finger (the standard western "finger") would seem to be a binary 4, or a 2, depending on how you count.

42??

What am I missing? LOL
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