A Networking Primer: What’s a MAC Address? Oct 1, 2009
(Hexadecimal digits can only include the numbers 0-9 and letters A-F.). The first three pairs of digits in the MAC address are called the OUI (Organizational Unique Identifier), which identifies the company that manufactured or sold the device. (SmallBusinessComputing)
PC Troubles? Sep 16, 2009
Scott writes: The (hexadecimal) value of 0xdeadbeef is often used to initialize variables in code so that if it is erroneously accessed, it can help you find the bug ... Nelson writes: "many programmers use hexadecimal values such as "0xdeadbeef," "0xbeefdead" or "0xbaadfood" to denote a memory variable which has been defined, but no value set. The hexadecimal numbering system uses the digits 0-9 and A-F, for a total of 16 values per digit place. Thus, when you reach a hex value of 9, the next... (Fox News)
My Life With a Hackintosh--and How the Movement Suggests a New Model for Innovation Sep 10, 2009
At one point, I found myself Googling for shamanistic hexadecimal codes to trick my Windows machine into booting up an Apple disc. And don't get me started on what it took to set up Wi-Fi. (FastCompany)
New Cat in Town Sep 2, 2009
That s three billion memory locations, and the hexadecimal address (as denoted by the 0x in front) of this one just happens to spell beef dead in English. I m not a big believer in coincidence. (Fox News)
ASCII Codes For Common Keyboard Cha... Jul 1, 2009
The C programming language supports binary (as well as decimal, octal, and hexadecimal number formats), so binary and decimal may be used directly. Not all languages do this, however, and a look-up table or algorithm is needed. (Suite101.com)
Wireshark: How to sniff network traffic Jun 5, 2009
The bottom window pane shows the contents of the packet in both hexadecimal and ASCII representations. Color is your friend when analyzing packets with Wireshark. (Search Security, MA)
Double Bits, Double Fun Feb 18, 2009
Over at Wired's Web site, blogger Dylan Tweney observes, "We couldn't find any watches that display Unix time, but the above from Think Geek will do the trick. It will also display the time in binary, octal, hexadecimal or Roman formats. Mark your calendars: It's only 11 and a half years until XX:XX:XX X/XX/XX day.". I'm quite certain there's a great reason for keeping time in Unix Epoch format. (Fox News)
