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  1. 22nd July 2012, 08:43 #1
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    0xb16b00b5

    BBC News - Microsoft fixes 'big boobs' coding gaffe
    teehee.

    How offensive is a puerile hex 0xB16B00B5 in code nobody but nerds would see ?
    Oh I forgot, this is the country where a nipple on TV causes an outrage...

    Good job I don't work for Microsoft, my code is full of puerile donkeys
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  2. 22nd July 2012, 09:37 #2
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    It is great isn't it. Devs do have a sense of humour after all. It's just as the likes of the BBC got a hold of it that it's 'news'.

    Seriously who else but people coding device drivers is going to see this?
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  3. 22nd July 2012, 10:27 #3
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    It's no more sexist than making your calculator display "BOOBIES". Shame hex has got such a limited character set, the best I could ever get was 50D0FF. Just daft humour, nothing to apologise for.
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  4. 5th August 2012, 13:56 #4
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    Ya know, I was just flicking through the Chit Chat listings and saw this thread. "what does that mean?" I thought to myself. So I clicked.

    Really? Someone got all het up over that? The world is a strange place, sometimes - and not always in an interesting way. I agree, if the meedja hadn't pretended to be all outraged by this it wouldn't have even raised a ripple...
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  5. 5th August 2012, 18:12 #5
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    I misread the last word in your post...
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  6. 5th August 2012, 18:52 #6
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  7. 8th August 2012, 20:21 #7
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    I'm surprised MicroSoft still does that level of coding in the US.
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    You'd be surprised about the absolutely normal stuff that some people can get offended and upset about.
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