Re: Worst Error Messages of all Time

Article View: alt.folklore.computers

Article #4775

Back to alt.folklore.computers Previous Next

#4775

From: k... Ken Sallenger
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 1990 21:04

16 lines
1265 bytes

In article <1990Sep27.0...@nmt.edu> je...@nmt.edu (Jeff Putnam) writes:
=> $ dbx scheme
 ...
=> (dbx) where
=> General_Make_Vector(0x3f1, 0x6000000, 0x0, 0xdeadbeef, 0xdeadbeef, 0xdeadbeef, 0xdeadbeef, 0x100) at 0x10011468
=> 
=> Tell me thats a coincidence! 

When poking around some data files created by a synthesizer patch librarian,
I discovered that the first 4 bytes were 0xdeadbeef.  A magic number, I
suppose.

I laughed for several minutes.
-- 
     Ken Sallenger / k...@bigbird.csd.scarolina.edu / +1 803 777-9334
     Computer Services Division / 1244 Blossom ST / Columbia, SC 29208

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1990Oct1.210454.1017@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu>

Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!opusc!ken

References: <1990Sep26.015201.19164@news.clarkson.edu> <1990Sep27.032528.13587@nmt.edu>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!opusc!ken
From: k...@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu (Ken Sallenger)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Worst Error Messages of all Time
Summary: Really, magic numbers
Message-ID: <1990Oct1.210454.1017@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu>
Date: 1 Oct 90 21:04:54 GMT
References: <1990Sep26.015201.19164@news.clarkson.edu> <1990Sep27.032528.13587@nmt.edu>
Distribution: alt
Organization: Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia
Lines: 16
Posted: Mon Oct  1 22:04:54 1990
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Reply to Parent Message