Victor Anichebe

[Alph]

It's hard to get shots on target from the gym 

Being called a poor Danny Graham is just nasty. We're talking a player who time shares legs with Leon Clarke.

Anichebe is more like Steve Davies in his early Derby career. Very similar players.

[MACKWORTHRAM]

There is nothing in this at all. No chance of him coming to Derby I have been told.

[Sexydadbod]

There is nothing in this at all. No chance of him coming to Derby I have been told.

Thanks for the update

[Shuff264]

Yes and no.

0-9 is decimal

0-F is hexadecimal

0-1 is binary

0-7 is octal

yup what I was thinking, some are more difficult than others to convert between. 

[eddie]

yup what I was thinking, some are more difficult than others to convert between. 

Yes, and of course it depends what you are used to. As an old mainframe guru , I cut my teeth on hexadecimal and EBCDIC in the 1970's. 

 

[McRamFan]

Yes, and of course it depends what you are used to. As an old mainframe guru , I cut my teeth on hexadecimal and EBCDIC in the 1970's. 

 

Professor: "So the American government went to IBM to come up with an encryption standard, and they came up with—"
Student: "EBCDIC!"

[Gypsy Ram]

Yes, and of course it depends what you are used to. As an old mainframe guru , I cut my teeth on hexadecimal and EBCDIC in the 1970's. 

 

Geek.

 

 

[eddie]

 

Geek.

 

 

You say that as though it's a bad thing

[eddie]

Professor: "So the American government went to IBM to come up with an encryption standard, and they came up with—"Student: "EBCDIC!"

Did you know that gag beforehand, or did you look up 'EBCDIC' on Wiki?

I must confess that I could never understand IBM's determination to come up with their own mainframe encoding (note: 'encoding', NOT 'encryption') standard when ASCII had already been agreed upon by ICL, Honeywell and a number of other computer manufacturers, but there you go.

[Gypsy Ram]

You say that as though it's a bad thing

Not at all, i meant it with much love. x

[Kid Pebble]

ICL's VME used EBCDIC, be it a slight variation on IBM's version.

Was looking forward to visiting a now working 2900 at the computer museum before going on to watch the Derby match in the afternoon, only to have my plans scuppered by Sky.

[eddie]

ICL's VME used EBCDIC, be it a slight variation on IBM's version.

Was looking forward to visiting a now working 2900 at the computer museum before going on to watch the Derby match in the afternoon, only to have my plans scuppered by Sky.

When I read that a machine I worked with is in a museum, perhaps it's time I thought about retiring.

Is there an IBM System 360 there as well?

[Shuff264]

Yes, and of course it depends what you are used to. As an old mainframe guru , I cut my teeth on hexadecimal and EBCDIC in the 1970's. 

 

Not great at hex, messing around with binary to decimal and vice versa is fine. Binary maths is also fun.

[Kid Pebble]

Don't think they've got enough floor space for any IBM equipment.

[McRamFan]

Did you know that gag beforehand, or did you look up 'EBCDIC' on Wiki?

I must confess that I could never understand IBM's determination to come up with their own mainframe encoding (note: 'encoding', NOT 'encryption') standard when ASCII had already been agreed upon by ICL, Honeywell and a number of other computer manufacturers, but there you go.

I knew the essence of the jokes made about it, it was a long time ago, so a little help was required.  IBM - idiots built me

[Ovis aries]

When I see IBM I wonder if I should be looking to hide under a table or something ?

[AndyB]

So are we signing Anichebe or not?

[Mostyn6]

So are we signing Anichebe or not?

I for one, certainly hope not.

 

[RamNut]

We don't need another half-arsed lackadaisical sicknote.

[eddie]

When I see IBM I wonder if I should be looking to hide under a table or something ?

We used to have a cartoon in the office - it pictured a group of programmers looking at a huge hole in the floor. The caption simply read "I see the printer's gone down again"