Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!looking!funny-request From: yduj@lucid.com (Judy Anderson) Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny Subject: deceased cows in YOUR programs Keywords: true, chuckle, computer Message-ID: Date: 2 Mar 91 11:30:03 GMT Lines: 11 Approved: funny@looking.on.ca The default uninitialized value for registers on the IBM RS/6000 under AIX is hex -21524111. Printed out as a 32-bit unsigned quantity, this is: DEADBEEF Never knew IBM programmers were allowed to have a sense of humor! -- Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL your jokes (jokes ONLY) to funny@looking.ON.CA Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. A Daemon will auto-reply. If you don't need an auto-reply, submit to rhf@looking.on.ca instead.