tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post8766436639228008158..comments2024-03-27T15:41:01.956-04:00Comments on rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague<br>rhymeswithplague: Or maybe Ralphie could just use his Little Orphan Annie secret decoder ring rhymeswithplaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-33711823651865703202018-07-10T10:24:43.262-04:002018-07-10T10:24:43.262-04:00Graham, speaking of FORTRAN and COBOL, you may see...<b>Graham,</b> speaking of FORTRAN and COBOL, you may see a reference to them in my next post. Binary, octal, and hexadecimal arithmetic always came easy (easily?) to me, for some unknown reason.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-18279347187295278192018-07-10T04:30:38.145-04:002018-07-10T04:30:38.145-04:00Back in the day when I were just older than nowt b...Back in the day when I were just older than nowt but a lad I did a post grad which involved, <i>inter alia</i>, computer programming requiring an introduction to Fortran and Cobol. However my problem was getting my head around binary arithmetic. I might have guessed that it was Google in binary (because that is what Google tends to represent with it's headings) but I'd never have worked it out.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-81513064044333844252018-07-09T21:52:53.961-04:002018-07-09T21:52:53.961-04:00Hilltop, glad to have been of service! A whole lo...<b>Hilltop,</b> glad to have been of service! A whole lot goes by me.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-75251724337858178362018-07-09T20:29:30.348-04:002018-07-09T20:29:30.348-04:00Well, I'm certainly glad I chose today to chec...Well, I'm certainly glad I chose today to check in....It wouldn't have crossed my mind to even wonder if it actually said something. AND since I've no mathematical inclinations, even if I had wondered, I wouldn't have pursued it, lol!<br />Thank you, thank you. I wonder what else goes by me in this life that I am completely unaware of! Hilltophomesteaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926731207526014550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-23697287856603026232018-07-09T20:05:56.823-04:002018-07-09T20:05:56.823-04:00Yorkshire Pudding, read this.<b>Yorkshire Pudding,</b> read <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_screw" rel="nofollow">this</a>.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-26010044874765453022018-07-09T15:48:02.281-04:002018-07-09T15:48:02.281-04:00You, sir, are a genius! However, I was puzzled by ...You, sir, are a genius! However, I was puzzled by your enigmatic reference to a "water screw". Please explain.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-37152885055076075702018-07-09T07:07:42.633-04:002018-07-09T07:07:42.633-04:00Oops, teacher made a mistake in the hexadecimal. ...Oops, teacher made a mistake in the hexadecimal. Teacher should have written 67 72 65 61 74. Teacher will try to be more accurate in the future.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-4032602477710724012018-07-09T07:03:24.404-04:002018-07-09T07:03:24.404-04:00Ralphie tells me, class, that Adrian’s comment con...Ralphie tells me, class, that Adrian’s comment contains the word g-r-e-a-t (67 72 65 64 74). Thank you, Adrian!rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2286321024842109960.post-4143719242837027062018-07-09T02:58:41.897-04:002018-07-09T02:58:41.897-04:0001100111 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110100 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110100 Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.com