The humour police nail Microsoft

[propersplitbrainme]

So, some wag wrote a piece of code with a hexadecimal string B16B00B5......snigger, snort it looks like BigBoobs...

However, the company has been forced to aplogise over the 'offensive string'. DT_Xtremez_25:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18922629

Commenting on the gaffe, developer Dr Matthew Garrett noted that the first version of the Microsoft code used a similar string of 0x0B00B135 - a form of letters that roughly translates to "boobies".

"Puerile sniggering at breasts contributes to the continuing impression that software development is a boys' club where girls aren't welcome," Dr Garrett wrote.

No, it simply shows that software developers are geeks who probably wouldn't know what to do with a pair of big boobs if ever the opportunity arose.

 

[needsabiggerfuse]

Maybe someone at Microsoft should try working something like this into their code. DT_Xtremez_30:

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[CodeMonkey]

So, some wag wrote a piece of code with a hexadecimal string B16B00B5......snigger, snort it looks like BigBoobs...

However, the company has been forced to aplogise over the 'offensive string'. DT_Xtremez_25:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18922629



No, it simply shows that software developers are geeks who probably wouldn't know what to do with a pair of big boobs if ever the opportunity arose.

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Want to tar all software geeks with that statement? DT_Xtremez_25:
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At least they apologised considering that the funny hexadecimal number was in a publicly viewable source code file

#define HV_LINUX_GUEST_ID_HI 0xB16B00B5

Like the article said, the developer probably thought they were being funny.

 

[Pikeman]

010111010001010001, 00101000110101....LOL, oh that joke still cracks me up!

 

[XVR RA RA RA]

I saw somewhere that bored designers of silicon microchips drew microscopic works of art into the chip circuitry, that went unnoticed until looked at under the microscope. Who knows whats lurking within your gadgets?

 

[needsabiggerfuse]

I saw somewhere that bored designers of silicon microchips drew microscopic works of art into the chip circuitry, that went unnoticed until looked at under the microscope. Who knows whats lurking within your gadgets?

I think it was Windows 95 that had the 'mad plumber' screensaver. Every now and then, a teapot used to appear at one of the joints.

 

[briantwigley]

Thats absolutely hilarious, how ridiculous that they issued an apology!

Next thing you know calculators won't work upside down incase someone decides to write 5318008 on it...

 

[Scouser812]

Thats absolutely hilarious, how ridiculous that they issued an apology!

Next thing you know calculators won't work upside down incase someone decides to write 5318008 on it...

Single world wide calculator contract going to Etch-A-Sketch

 

[mattheww65]

In the Computing field their usually called 'Easter Eggs'.... You'd be surprised how many pieces of software/movies/games have them!

try this list for starters: http://www.eeggs.com/perl-bin/withpics.cgi

 

[ChrisBrit81]

the kind of person who would notice this "offensive" string should have had the sense of humor to quietly chuckle to oneself, not complain about it... idiot