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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:	The Digital way of working

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONELON

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5321
Total number of notes:	139771

936.0. "I used to work in binary!" by POBOX::LEVIN (My kind of town, Chicago is) Wed Sep 27 1989 14:23

Re: Note 818.242 (but starting a new topic)
    
<< I think a frieze around Spit Brook would be a great idea! The buildings are
<< awfully bland looking, and the only bit of external artwork (the barcode)
<< was ruined when it was recoded.

    You don't know how releived I was to read this. I was at Spit Brook
    a few weeks ago and somehow the topic of the ZKO entry came up.
    I mentioned that the black/white bars were ASCII code for something,
    but that I had forgotten what it was.
    
    Later, I stopped and copied down the code (top row only) and tried
    to decode it, but it didn't seem to make any sense. I know I'm in
    the minority because the way I used to work around Digital involved
    knowledge of ASCII codes, but the burning questions now are:
    
    	What did it say BEFORE it was recoded?
    	What does it say now, and how is that coded?

    		/Marvin

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
936.1		COVERT::COVERT	John R. Covert	`Wed Sep 27 1989 14:34`	13
	> What did it say BEFORE it was recoded? > What does it say now, and how is that coded? It used to say digitalsoftwa reengineering It now says customers win whenwedeliver It was seven bit ASCII lower-case letter groups, with black meaning 1.
936.2	see also the ZK T-shirt	2EASY::CONLIFFE	Cthulhu Barata Nikto	`Wed Sep 27 1989 14:34`	12
	In the good old days, the sign was meant to say "digital software engineering"; however, to make it fit two lines, the sign was split to say "digitalsoftwa" "reengineering" Hence various in-jokes about being a software re- engineer!! Ghod knows what it says now -- probably "posted with authors permission" Nigel on a narrow tube
936.3	Gee, you leave the company for three years . . .	CLOSET::T_PARMENTER	PuritanConeyIslandChiliParlor	`Wed Sep 27 1989 14:50`	3
	It also used to be a hot orange (Chinese red) wall behind it. I hate it that they painted the wall and changed the message.
936.4	To relive the old ZKO, you could play the game ZK!	ZPOSWS::HWCHOY	I play DECweb, TRUST ME :?)	`Thu Sep 28 1989 08:51`	1

936.5		BEING::POSTPISCHIL	Always mount a scratch monkey.	`Thu Sep 28 1989 11:25`	14
	Re .1: You have the old text correct, but the new text is actually: Customers Win WhenWeDeliver I collected over a hundred (about two hundred?) signatures to have the bars restored to the old text, citing several reasons. (It would have required changing the color of only one bar; the rest could be rearranged.) Management refused. -- edp
936.6	or vice versa	KOBAL::DICKSON		`Thu Sep 28 1989 12:43`	3
	If you want the orange wall back, you have to lobby the documentation group. Clearly the wall is being repainted to match the color of the binders.
936.7		QUARK::LIONEL	Free advice is worth every cent	`Fri Sep 29 1989 01:48`	4
	You can thank (or curse as you choose) Bill Heffner for both texts. Steve
936.8	Bar codes???	PROXY::PATHAK	Ok!With all things considered,it works..	`Sun Oct 01 1989 19:34`	12
	Since there is some discussion on ASCII and Bar codes, thought I might slip this one in. How do we interpret bar codes? I know they are implemented in different ways based on the application (Post office,packed groceries, tinned products, etc.) What are the rules? thanks, Lalit
936.9	not that kind of barcode!	ZPOSWS::HWCHOY	I play DECweb, TRUST ME :?)	`Sun Oct 01 1989 23:48`	5
	this refers to metal bars (in black and white) representing binary 1 and 0. Not the kind of barcode you get stuck to your groceries. HW_who_has_never_been_to_ZKO_but_knows_it_well!!
936.10	There is a conference that deals with some sort of bar codes	CVG::THOMPSON	My friends call me Alfred	`Mon Oct 02 1989 13:24`	5
	You may find the bar code question answered in an other conference. Bar Coding REGENT::BAR_CODES 1532 Alfred
936.11	Thanks..	PROXY::PATHAK	Ok!With all things considered,it works..	`Thu Oct 05 1989 21:38`	6
	ref: .10 & .9 Thanks for your answers and pointer to the bar_codes notes file. /lalit