This confused me because I couldn't see how that ASCII would relate to the number. Turns out they chose 0xF for a different reason: http://linux.omnipotent.net

This confused me because I couldn't see how that ASCII would relate to the number. Turns out they chose 0xF for a different reason: http://linux.omnipotent.net/article.php?article_id=11457 http://linux.omnipotent.net/article.php?article_id=11457 It was to work around Windows NT!