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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 1

Revenant (1/24/2012)
"the first five binary digits of 10001001", ie., 0x10001 = 65537

Also, binary != hex (0b10001 = 17)

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 2

GilaMonster (1/24/2012)
SQL Kiwi (1/24/2012)
GilaMonster (1/24/2012)
Oooh, a palindrome! Nice.
It's also the first five binary digits of 10001001 - a number I seem to recall has special significance to you 🙂
Yes, I do have a fondness for that number.
Ran into it again over the weekend watching Flash Forward. Wondering if it's accidental or intentional (and no, I don't want someone spoiling the rest of the season)

Is that show back on?

I have been waiting for subsequent seasons but have not found it.

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Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 3

Ah... got it now. Thanks, Paul -- when we get together, I am buying. I hope you will make it to the MVP Summit 2012.

(For whatever stupid reason, I am unable to quote your post.)

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 4

Revenant (1/24/2012)
Ah... got it now. Thanks, Paul -- when we get together, I am buying. I hope you will make it to the MVP Summit 2012.

Thanks! Though I decided not to attend the MVP summit, after quite some deliberation. Main reasons: I'm pretty fully committed work-wise at the moment; the total cost of attending is quite significant; and it's summer here and not-so-summer in Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond.

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736252 More actions · Answer 5

SQL Kiwi (1/24/2012)
and it's summer here and not-so-summer in Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond.

But you can ski? Maybe down the street in Bellevue 😉

I won't be attending either. Too committed to other stuff and no time.

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 6

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/24/2012)
But you can ski?

I tried snowboarding once (in a supervised inside environment[/url]) and that was enough to convince me that I have no natural affinity for snow whatsoever. I was horribly rubbish. I would break stuff skiing.

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Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 7

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/24/2012)
SQL Kiwi (1/24/2012)
and it's summer here and not-so-summer in Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond.
But you can ski? Maybe down the street in Bellevue 😉
. . .

That was a week ago, now we are back to the usual rain, aka "Seattle sunshine."

Paul, the offer is open and is not going to expire anytime soon.

Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 8

SQL Kiwi (1/24/2012)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/24/2012)
But you can ski?
I tried snowboarding once (in a supervised inside environment[/url]) and that was enough to convince me that I have no natural affinity for snow whatsoever. I was horribly rubbish. I would break stuff skiing.

The same here. For me snow is anathema. That's why I put up with rain. At least you do not have to shovel it, and hey, you are still free to steer clear of ski slopes.

(Hi, Steve!)

jcrawf02 SSC-Insane Points: 24198 More actions · Answer 9

GilaMonster (1/24/2012)
SQL Kiwi (1/24/2012)
GilaMonster (1/24/2012)
Oooh, a palindrome! Nice.
It's also the first five binary digits of 10001001 - a number I seem to recall has special significance to you 🙂
Yes, I do have a fondness for that number.
Ran into it again over the weekend watching Flash Forward. Wondering if it's accidental or intentional (and no, I don't want someone spoiling the rest of the season)

Anyone read the book? Enjoyed the first season on Netflix, although I really wanted it to just end.

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 10

Evil Kraig F (1/24/2012)
GilaMonster (1/24/2012)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_structure_constant
As for Flash Forward, the blackout and flash forward that the series is named for was 2 minutes, 17 seconds long.
Ah, thank you. I now understand 137 and also that there's yet less that I understand...
... Ow. My brain hurts.

So you admit to being one of the priviledged few?

(If you haven't got one, it can't hurt)

Tom

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173063 More actions · Answer 11

L' Eomot Inversé (1/24/2012)
Evil Kraig F (1/24/2012)
GilaMonster (1/24/2012)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_structure_constant
As for Flash Forward, the blackout and flash forward that the series is named for was 2 minutes, 17 seconds long.
Ah, thank you. I now understand 137 and also that there's yet less that I understand...
... Ow. My brain hurts.
So you admit to being one of the priviledged few?

So THAT'S where my brain ran off to.

Give it back, Evil Kraig. Or I send my minion horde to take it from you.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 12

SQLRNNR (1/24/2012)
GilaMonster (1/24/2012)
SQL Kiwi (1/24/2012)
GilaMonster (1/24/2012)
Oooh, a palindrome! Nice.
It's also the first five binary digits of 10001001 - a number I seem to recall has special significance to you 🙂
Yes, I do have a fondness for that number.
Ran into it again over the weekend watching Flash Forward. Wondering if it's accidental or intentional (and no, I don't want someone spoiling the rest of the season)
Is that show back on?
I have been waiting for subsequent seasons but have not found it.

No. Cancelled after 1st season as far as I can tell.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 13

jcrawf02 (1/24/2012)
GilaMonster (1/24/2012)
SQL Kiwi (1/24/2012)
GilaMonster (1/24/2012)
Oooh, a palindrome! Nice.
It's also the first five binary digits of 10001001 - a number I seem to recall has special significance to you 🙂
Yes, I do have a fondness for that number.
Ran into it again over the weekend watching Flash Forward. Wondering if it's accidental or intentional (and no, I don't want someone spoiling the rest of the season)
Anyone read the book?

There's a book? Series based off book or book based off series?

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We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 14

Evil Kraig F (1/24/2012)
Anyone else losing CR/LFs when they copy paste code off the site recently? I've had the problem in anything in a code="", plain or SQL.
EDIT: I can quote and copy just fine, can't do it from the thread directly.

Yep. Started a little while back, maybe a week or so.

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173063 More actions · Answer 15

GilaMonster (1/25/2012)
jcrawf02 (1/24/2012)
GilaMonster (1/24/2012)
SQL Kiwi (1/24/2012)
GilaMonster (1/24/2012)
Oooh, a palindrome! Nice.
It's also the first five binary digits of 10001001 - a number I seem to recall has special significance to you 🙂
Yes, I do have a fondness for that number.
Ran into it again over the weekend watching Flash Forward. Wondering if it's accidental or intentional (and no, I don't want someone spoiling the rest of the season)
Anyone read the book?
There's a book? Series based off book or book based off series?

Series based off the book. It was published in 1999 by Robert J. Sawyer.

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