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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWorld's first, and probably only, hexadecimal protest song
Courtesy of the Electronic Frontier Foundation on the occasion of the "look and feel" lawsuit protest
1,2,3,4 Toss the lawyers out the door
5,6,7,8 Innovate, don't litigate
9,A,B,C, 1-2-3 is not for me
D,E,F,0 "Look and feel" have got to go!
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World's first, and probably only, hexadecimal protest song (Original Post)
eridani
Feb 2015
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F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)1. This is wonderful. nt.
valerief
(53,235 posts)2. Why do I feel like coding now? nt
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)3. <snort>
Just a couple of days ago I was showing someone who wants to learn programming the difference between decimal, binary and hexadecimal, haven't even thought of hex in several years other than that.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)4. What? No Octal?
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)5. I didn't mention trinary either
It's going to take more than one session with this person for them to grok different number bases in fullness.
tridim
(45,358 posts)6. Agree, but is this is a pro or anti-Apple statement?
I know Apple is being sued, but Apple is also the king of bullshit "look and feel" lawsuits.
eridani
(51,907 posts)8. EFF is strongly against "look and feel" lawsuits n/t
surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)7. cute, but ...
... has anybody ever written a protest song that could be executed as code?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,349 posts)9. 'FEED A BABE' - cure world hunger (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
(101,349 posts)10. "1-2-3 is not for me" - what have they got against Lotus?
IDemo
(16,926 posts)11. 'DEAD BEEF is not for me' might work for a vegetarian protest