licence plates seen

Llywelyn samman at CS.YALE.EDU
Sun Apr 24 20:40:29 PDT 1994



> 
> >> Another one on a car I've seen many times is
> >>
> >> 68 ASCII
> >>
> >> I don't have an ASCII chart available.  What does this one mean?
> 
> >the letter "D".  Hmmmmmm.  What kind of car? (Dodge?)
> 
> I think it's an Oldsmobile of some kind.  Possibly the owner's initial.
> I see that car often.  If I ever run into its driver I'll have to
> remember to ask what the significance of the 68/'D' is.

As Tim May pointed out, the letter D if 68d is read and the letter 'h' if
68h is read.  Its a joke.  

Get it?  h if its read in hex, and D if its read in Decimal.

Ben.
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