Shaken Angel ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
 
> : Hey, speaking of phone numbers, check this out.  Randy K was just showing
> : me this afternoon, that you can calculate the decimal value of an IP
> : address and telnet to that decimal value from a UNIX box:
 
> : 134.53.7.10 = 134*2^24+53*2^16+7*2^8+10 = 2251622154
 
> Wow!  That counts as the coolest thing I've seen today.  Or maybe this
> entire week.
 
> My God, I'm a geek.
 
Yes, but you're among geeks here, so that's actually a title of inclusion.
We welcome you, brother, into the family of geeks.
 
By way of enlightenment, the word "geek" was first applied to computer
specialists who tracked down and "ate bugs".
 
So, we're just a bunch of bug eating carnival side-show freaks, actually.
 
Welcome, Brother Adder!
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        DARS Programmer/Analyst, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056 USA
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