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Posted by Michael Olson at Thu Nov 2 14:04:35 2006

Note to self: pick up John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids and Rebirth/The Chrysalids.

Posted by Michael Olson at Fri Feb 23 17:22:38 2007

Remember to follow PowerPC install guide at http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/walkthrough/.

Posted by Michael Olson at Thu Jul 10 17:25:32 2008

Freaking absurd binary decoding and encoding of messages.

(defun decimal-to-binary (i)
  (cond ((< i 0) (error "Cannot convert negative number to octal"))
  ((not (integerp i)) (error "Cannot convert non-integer to octal"))
  ((zerop i) 0)
  (t (  (* 10 (decimal-to-binary (/ i 2)))
  (% i 2)))))

(defun binaryize-buffer ()
  (interactive)
  (goto-char (point-min))
  (let (char)
  (while (setq char (char-after))
  (delete-char 1)
  (insert (format "%08d" (decimal-to-binary char))))))

(defun unbinaryize-buffer ()
  (interactive)
  (goto-char (point-min))
  (while (and (not (= (point) (point-max)))
  (looking-at "[01]\\{8\\}\n?"))
  (let ((str (match-string 0)))
  (replace-match (char-to-string (string-to-number str 2))))))

Posted by Barbara92 at Thu Oct 22 11:01:17 2009

Then I would have a sit-down with the supervisor to confirm that he understood the possible ramifications of what he was asking me to do. ,

Posted by Loy24 at Fri Oct 23 08:45:19 2009

His shy smile and aw-shucks demeanor, not to mention all-inclusive after parties put him on this list. ,