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Now there's a limit to draw too. I don't approve of some of the blatant sexism going on in our field, but this is a little too much don't you think? If I tell

by pwny 14y ago

Now there's a limit to draw too. I don't approve of some of the blatant sexism going on in our field, but this is a little too much don't you think? If I tell someone I like boobs, should I issue a formal apology too? Should Microsoft issue a public apology to their cafeteria workers for using 0xBAADF00D? OpenSolaris for 0xDEFEC8ED?* They're hex strings ffs. Can we stop pretending we're so prude and perfect, call out the real offensive stuff and not fret over this kind of irrelevance? *(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak)

cjbprime 14y ago
> If I tell someone I like boobs, should I issue a formal apology too? Since you seem to think this is an appropriate experiment, feel free to start some professional/workplace conversations about big boobs and let us know how that works out for you. Having to issue an formal apology seems like one of the more mild likely consequences I can think of.
- pwny 14y ago
  So you're telling me it would be reprehensible if I said "big boobs" aloud, out of context, in my workplace cafeteria (because that's what this is, "big boobs", said out of any context)? Talk about overreaction.
nicholassmith 14y ago
For what it's worth I think it's been spun up to a bigger story than it needs to be. It should have been patched quietly and done and moved on. And there is a line to be drawn, females aren't sacred cows need smothering away, but it's a bit off handed to make sure your hex code spells something like big boobies, just reflects poorly on the industry.
- gizmo686 14y ago
  I don't know the technical details, but it sounds like the purpose of the magic number is interacting windows programs with linux. Regardless of how accurate that is, unless the magic number is used only within 1 program (or maybe only withing Microsoft programs), changing it is going to cause problems.

by pwny 14y ago

cjbprime 14y ago

> If I tell someone I like boobs, should I issue a formal apology too? Since you seem to think this is an appropriate experiment, feel free to start some professional/workplace conversations about big boobs and let us know how that works out for you. Having to issue an formal apology seems like one of the more mild likely consequences I can think of.

pwny 14y ago
So you're telling me it would be reprehensible if I said "big boobs" aloud, out of context, in my workplace cafeteria (because that's what this is, "big boobs", said out of any context)? Talk about overreaction.

nicholassmith 14y ago

For what it's worth I think it's been spun up to a bigger story than it needs to be. It should have been patched quietly and done and moved on. And there is a line to be drawn, females aren't sacred cows need smothering away, but it's a bit off handed to make sure your hex code spells something like big boobies, just reflects poorly on the industry.

gizmo686 14y ago
I don't know the technical details, but it sounds like the purpose of the magic number is interacting windows programs with linux. Regardless of how accurate that is, unless the magic number is used only within 1 program (or maybe only withing Microsoft programs), changing it is going to cause problems.