Re: Parnello's Pizza: 99 in Columbus, GA inspection [0x0000]

[Will Dockery]

pdw wrote:
> Will Dockery wrote:
> >0x0000 <zero....@att.net> wrote:
>>>"Will Dockery" wrote:
>>>>"klunk" wrote:
>
> > >>>> hay black... you missed a couple zeroes in your nym... ;-)
> > > >>> Not sure what this means... can you explain it for me?
> > > >>http://www.herethere.net/~samson/php/color_gradient/
>
> > > >>http://www.2createawebsite.com/build/hex-color-chart-grid.html
>
> > > >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors
>
> > > >> although... he could have been referring to this site:
>
> > > >>http://www.0x0000.org/
>
> > > >> which is something else altogether and for this site is actually a reference
> > > >> to a "fatal error"... pc speak...
>
> > > >> I was just being a smart-ass... but you knew that already... ;-)
>
> > > > When PD Wilson returned to the scene a few years ago, he introduced
> > > > himself that time as 0x0000, pronounced "Zero Hex", which was taken as
> > > > just that, and for years he was refered to as Zero or Mr. Hex.
>
> > > > If he's still around here, he'll probably expound on how he came to be
> > > > known by this name, and maybe some of the dozens of others he's been
> > > > given at various times over the years... or not...
>
> > > One of the first places I used it was on Usenet.  It's been long enough
> > > now that I don't even remember how long I've been using it...
>
> > > The number of zeros is intentional, btw - it's important to the meaning.
>
> > > 0x0000 represents a 16-bit quantity, so the value is correct, as
> > > written.  There are no zeros missing ;)
>
> > > Also, the leading '0x' indicates a hexadecimal value - that is: a
> > > base-16 number - in the C programming language
> > > (http://netlib.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook/)
>
> > > I am not associated with 0x0000.com, since - according to the Internet
> > > Names and Numbers Association (INANA) - it is not proper to start a
> > > domain name string with a digit - internet client software is not
> > > required to recognize such names as domain names (or it was not last
> > > time I looked at the RFCs, which has - admittedly - been awhile) ...
>
> > >  http://www.zerohex.com/
>
> > Yeah, I know it goes back a little over six years here, since you were
> > Zero Hex when you came in and did the Burger God performances...
>
> ... and I had been using it for at least 6 years at that time - I
> think I actually started using it before I left to begin with...

Heh... the "Missing Years".

> > On to the pizzjoint topic again, I just noticed Mazzio's Pizza on
> > Macon Road has gone under after all these decades. Didn't see that one coming.
>
> The Universe is eating my Life.

Yeah, seems to be the nature, "rust never sleeps" + "gravity well'...
but new things are looking hopefull, the return of Rhino's right on
Broadway in 2009, the possible return of Del Ranch in Smith's Station
as a working venue starting with the Dec. 14th charity show, and, this
just in, seeing some interesting stuff about Wok-n-Roll, down the road
in Opelika.

They've got poetry also, mixed in with the music:

http://woknroll.us/node/249