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Pssst, numbers are stored as alternating areas of activity and non-activity. These are referred to as ones and zeroes. Don't tell - it'll be our little secret
"j.m.spit" wrote:
> Hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahaha
>
> I will disclose one of the best known IT secrets (this is guru stuff):
> character glyphs are stored in the hardware as numbers. The ASCII table is
> one of the most widely used mappings between character glyphs and numbers,
> but certainly not the only one. If two character glyphs are not the same,
> the mapped numbers are not the same. This must obviously hold for all
> mappings. A computer cannot do magic. Its a computer, it operates on
> numbers. it stores numbers, not character glyphs.
>
> I just get sick and tired of people asking questions in this newsgroup that
> they can lookup easily themselves.
>
> I also get sick and tired of people that attempt fundamental discussions on
> subjects they know nothing about.
>
> Finally, if u do know something about Oracle (in this case), don't answer
> silly questions. It will save those who really use this newsgroup the
> FUCKING MESSAGE HEADERS.
>
> (Sorry but this one really pissed me off :)
Well, we wouldn't share this little secret if you hadn't reacted on this silly (your words!) question? Would we, would we? En als je ff verder had gelezen, dat had je geweten dat een faq in de maak is.
-- Gtrz, Frank van BortelReceived on Wed Nov 08 2000 - 16:10:18 CST