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Originally Posted by masraum
No, I got what you were saying. I was saying that "octal" was unusual. I get 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10.... I'd just never heard of anything but base 2, 10, or 16 mentioned in any sort of practical application.
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Same here...I lived in the binary/hexidecimal world for years before I retired, and started my career (communications systems programmer) in microcode development for sophistacted network devices. Like Chris, I typically only got the "tough issues" (crossing all platforms) after they bubbled up the ladder. As you network guys know, "everything is a network problem" until proven otherwise. One of our/my last projects was a huge VOIP conversion, so I kinda enjoyed telling the 1st/2nd/3rd levels of support: if you (or the end user) pick up the phone to report a "network problem", and get a dialtone...hang up and keep looking for the real issue
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ps: To be clear, I'd never pull this on an "end user", but I could be brutal to "experienced server" folks who were clueless and always looking for a "scapegoat".