{"id":6930,"date":"2003-04-10T18:50:41","date_gmt":"2003-04-10T22:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=6930"},"modified":"2013-06-20T15:44:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T19:44:36","slug":"big-endian-and-little-endian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2003\/04\/10\/big-endian-and-little-endian\/","title":{"rendered":"big-endian and little-endian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon has for a long time had the &#8220;Add to Wishlist&#8221; feature (want to see\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/registry\/2F4RILF0QLMX5\/ref%3Dwl_s_3\/104-1832946-8486317\" target=\"_new\">mine<\/a>?). The &#8220;Add to Wedding Registry&#8221; was just really weird. Especially since what I hit was the\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00008IHAV\/ref=mk_pb_eow\" target=\"_new\">Speed Racer (Limited Edition)<\/a>. Though the possibility of marrying someone that would not be adverse to putting Anime on a wedding registry will have to remain in the back of my mind as a possibility. Eh, at the rate I am going, I probably should not be too demanding, huh?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">OMG, computer terminology is geeky&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The terms big-endian and little-endian are derived from the Lilliputians of\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaffebros.com\/lee\/gulliver\/\" target=\"_new\">Gulliver&#8217;s Travels<\/a>, whose major political issue was whether soft-boiled eggs should be opened on the big side or the little side. Likewise, the big-\/little-endian computer debate has much more to do with political issues than technological merits.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.webopedia.com\/TERM\/b\/big_endian.html\" target=\"_new\">big-endian<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Naming the styles of byte order big-endian and little-endian is an allusion to a Jonathan Swift novel. WTF? Was this supposed to be satire by alluding to a satirist&#8217;s novel?<\/p>\n<p>I am going to lunch now&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Need some time management software. Something in which I can put all of my deadlines\u00c2\u00a0(hard and soft) and get a good graphical view of how I am coming up on a deadline. Of course, it will have to have very persistent reminders that cannot be easily ignored.<\/p>\n<p>Of wait, I am getting over a 70 hour work week&#8230; pffft.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Sneezy:<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0being on the Internet is like sleeping around&#8230; don&#8217;t protect yourself and you will get screwed<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003399;\">Sarah:<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0yeah&#8230; so i have a couple of std&#8217;s (surfing transmitted diseases)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Sneezy:<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Preserved Comments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 12.15625px;\">4\/10\/2003 7:04 PM by\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/manda8199.xanga.com\/\">manda8199<\/a>:\u00c2\u00a0hahaha I was just telling a friend\u00c2\u00a0that I&#8217;m an internet whore so I&#8217;m sure I also have a few of those STDs! lol<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I&#8217;m impressed&#8230;\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/item.asp?user=summerbabe&amp;tab=weblogs&amp;uid=15687262\" target=\"_new\">summerbabe<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0knows an Ezra. I&#8217;ve never met another Ezra except online.<\/p>\n<p>Preserved Comments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 12.15625px;\"><span style=\"line-height: 12.15625px;\">4\/11\/2003 11:26 AM by anonymous:\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span>There was a girl named Ezra in my 4th grade class!\n<p>And of course, there&#8217;s the band Better than Ezra.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry.\u00c2\u00a0 Hope I&#8217;m not giving you a complex.<\/li>\n<li>4\/11\/2003 2:52 PM by\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.xanga.com\/\">sneezypb<\/a>:\u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve started using &#8220;Mr. Ezra F&#8221; in my work email signatures exactly\u00c2\u00a0<strong>because<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0a few people knew a female Ezra.<\/li>\n<li>4\/11\/2003 5:35 PM by\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/alananightingale.xanga.com\/\">AlanaNightingale<\/a>:\u00c2\u00a0You are the only Ezra I have ever met&#8230;..<\/li>\n<li>4\/12\/2003 3:11 AM by\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goddessfourwinds.xanga.com\/\">goddessfourwinds<\/a>:\u00c2\u00a0I think one Ezra is enough&#8230;and I am sure Oenone would agree with me&#8230;more than enough!\u00c2\u00a0 Question&#8230;what was the meaning to your response about her dream???\u00c2\u00a0 Curiosity is killing this cat!\u00c2\u00a0 Love ya!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon has for a long time had the &#8220;Add to Wishlist&#8221; feature (want to see\u00c2\u00a0mine?). 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