Topic: ascii chart / futurama reference

[PIAC]

watching the audio commentary on the futurama Matt and David mention that the computer savvy should look up bender's room number 00100100, in the ascii chart, well i tried, but i can't really make sence of it, anyone else care to help?

[Bill Aurion]

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[Fish]

What is an ascii chart?

[KDR_11k]

ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
Since computers can only process numbers, the ASCII was created, a conversion system from numbers to letters. For example, the capital A has the ASCII-code 65. An ASCII table/chart is simply a piece of paper with the numbers 0 to 255 written on it with the matching characters next to them.

[Pale]

I really easy way is by using the alt technique..no need for a chart then...  First you convert the binary number over...so 00100100 is 36.  Then hold down alt.  Press 3 6 on the numpad...then release alt...and whta do you get??  $  Bill was right.  =P  (this technique doesn't work will all 255 all the time, because some fonts don't have characters for different symbols.  One of my favorites to use is 19.  ‼  Its two exclamation points in one character...don't ask me why they have that.  =P  ‼‼‼‼‼‼‼‼‼‼‼

[KDR_11k]

Those double exclamation marks make sense when you remember that text used to be fixed width (i.e. all characters have the same width). However, the lower end of the table is reserved for special characters (ESC, \n, ^H, \a, etc). Some people like to express 8-bit values in hex, so 32 (space) is 20 (was 0x for denoting hex or binary?) and 36 is 24.

[ib2kool4u912]

Whoa thats cool. I knew that if you held down alt and pushed numbers on the keypad it would make symbols  but i never knew why. I like to make upside down question marks using 936 and alt

[OO7craft]

hold down windows key + push r

Type in charmap

now find a pretty letter u like and click it.  Look in the bottom left corner and right corner.  in the bottom right it will say what the alt + whatever is to make that symbol is.  If it doesnt then look at the bottom left.  U will see a number like U+0039.  Open windows calculator and type that 0039 into it under the HEX setting. (Make sure u got sientific caculator view open)  then click dec to get to deciaml and it will give u what u need to push with alt to make that character.

[Jdub03]

That is pretty cool.  This is learned in programming im guessing?