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== Explanation == | == Explanation == | ||
− | This comic is about a play on the dual meaning of the word | + | This comic is about a play on the dual meaning of the word “pointer”. [[Cueball]] is playing a computer game in the comic, but he seems to be stuck. So he asks [[Black Hat]] for a few tips (“pointers”) to get unstuck again. Black Hat wants to be annoying, so he spits out a couple of (seemingly random) 32-bit hexadecimal addresses, which are “{{w|Pointer (computer programming)|pointers}}” in a programming language. These pointers are used to access a certain location in the computer's memory in order to fulfill a task. Cueball is then annoyed at [[Black Hat]] for not answering his question. |
− | A {{w|segmentation fault}}, as referred to in the title text, is a result by accessing invalid memory addresses. If you define a pointer to an invalid address, then try to access the memory location associated with it, you could end up with this exception. The hexadecimal address 0x-1 is | + | A {{w|segmentation fault}}, as referred to in the title text, is a result by accessing invalid memory addresses. If you define a pointer to an invalid address, then try to access the memory location associated with it, you could end up with this exception. The hexadecimal address 0x-1 is one of those invalid access pointers, because it should contain more accurate numbers for a valid 32-bit hexadecimal address. |
− | The ending letters of the pointers are spelling, reading top to bottom, the word ACE. As Cueball is playing a game | + | The ending letters of the pointers are spelling, reading top to bottom, the word ACE. As Cueball is playing a game Black Hat could be additionally saying he's an ace of that game. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | In '' | + | *The "pointers" given are interesting in that all the bytes are printable ASCII characters. In this case (and assuming network byte order), "''':(!:'''", "'''c99,'''", and "'''sch.'''". It is also interesting that the values that are followed by punctuation each end in that punctuation. |
{{Comic discussion}} | {{Comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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