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Posted by Erwin Moller on 12/23/05 16:02
Kimmo Laine wrote:
> "somaboy mx" <nosuch@fakemail.fk> wrote in message
> news:dogh7t$67r$1@domitilla.aioe.org...
>> Is there a built-in PHP function that lets you convert integers to
>> hexadecimal values?
>> For example 255 to FF.
>
> Yes there is, dechex().
>
>> Couldn't find any in the manual.
>
> Have you ever seen a movie called Barry Lyndon? There's this beautiful
> scene right in the beginning, this is how the dialogue goes:
>
> Nora: "I have hidden my neck ribbon somewhere on my person. If you find
> it, you can have it. You are free to look anywhere for it. I will think
> little of you if you do not find it."
> Barry: "I cannot find it."
> - "You haven't looked properly."
> - "I cannot find it."
> - "I'll give you a hint."
> - "I feel the ribbon."
> - "Why are you trembling?"
> - "At the pleasure of finding the ribbon."
> - "Liar."
>
> Nora hid the ribbon between her breasts. Barry looked for it only from her
> hands, failing to find it. as Nora says "I'll give you a hint", she takes
> Barry's hand to here bosom, and Barry eventually finds the ribbon.
>
> In a way, you resemble Barry, who was so reluctant to look for the answer
> while it was practically right under his nose. Was it courtesy, shyness or
> plain stupidity? We shall never know. If you get a chance to watch Barry
> Lyndon, I recommend you to do so, it is a masterpiece by Stanley Kubrick.
>
LOL. :-)
Kimmo, that is the funniest version of the famous RTFM I ever saw. :-)
Erwin Moller
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