Ryan Castellucci (they/them) Apr 23, 2025
Coworker: ...and the IP address are compared with a string match.
Me: grinning manically
Coworker: Why are you looking at me like that?
Me: Open up a terminal and type ping 4.2.514 and hit enter.
Coworker: ...what's the fourth number?
Me: grin widens Just hit enter.
Coworker: WTF!?
Show threadAmo Bishop RodentApr 23, 2025

@ryanc

`ping 8.8.2056`

WTF how am just finding out about this today?

Show threadAllen but one of the good onesApr 23, 2025
@pikesley @ryanc what. How?!
Show threadAmo Bishop RodentApr 23, 2025

@uastronomer @ryanc

I mean... 2056 is 8*256 + 8, the maths makes sense, but WTFFFFFF?

Show threadAllen but one of the good onesApr 23, 2025

@pikesley @ryanc Oh.... oh okay, I see!

WOW!

'cos a standard format IPv4 address is technically a 4 digit base256 number, so this is all just base conversions gone screwy 🤣🤣🤣

Show threadAmo Bishop RodentApr 23, 2025

@uastronomer @ryanc yeah, it's completely cursed

`ping 134744072`

Show threadAustin Dern, Dean of CoatisApr 24, 2025
@pikesley @uastronomer @ryanc Way back in the 90s I made someone angry with me when I gave the URL for a web site as http://[long number here]/whatever.html. Those were fun times.
Show threadAndreApr 24, 2025

@Austin_Dern @pikesley @uastronomer @ryanc

01189998819991197253.com/help.html

Show threadRyan Castellucci (they/them) Apr 24, 2025
@leitzke @Austin_Dern @pikesley @uastronomer the guy who made the it crowd is a monster
Show threadAmo Bishop RodentApr 24, 2025
@ryanc @leitzke @Austin_Dern @uastronomer he is
Show threadDec [{()}]Apr 24, 2025

@pikesley @ryanc @leitzke @Austin_Dern @uastronomer
He was the second-best writer on "Father Ted".

Arthur disowned him years ago.

Show threadAustin Dern, Dean of CoatisApr 24, 2025

@dec23k @pikesley @ryanc @leitzke @uastronomer Alas.

Way back before we knew about him, we got a book of Father Ted scripts with commentary and it mentioned one episode where they wanted an insert shot of Father MacDougal working out "a page of failed noughts-and-crosses" and gads, to think a mind that could produce such a perfect funny concept would be lost.

[ The episode didn't use the page because they couldn't work out a prop that did the idea justice. ]

Show threadDec [{()}]
@Austin_Dern @pikesley @leitzke @uastronomer
It's safe to say that Arthur had most of the best and funniest 'Ted' ideas.
Way back in 1988, a band called The Joshua Trio provided a background for Ted's character to be created.
They usually had comedy skits between some of the songs, which were co-written and performed by a bunch of staff writers from the music magazine where Arthur was photo editor at the time.
https://www.paulwoodfull.com/the-joshua-trio
(that's Arthur on drums.)
The Joshua Trio | musiccomedy

musiccomedy
Apr 24, 2025 at 6:08pmWeb
Show threadAustin Dern, Dean of CoatisApr 24, 2025
@dec23k Oh, this is quite nice. Thank you!