Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question

Re:Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question by jareklupinski on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @12:45PM (#41436686)

> if you perform a character edit format instruction in EBCDIC mode with the leading zero specifier and the numeric value is too great to fit into the allocated field, after the instruction completes, what is the state of the program status word overflow field?

"Is the computer operating on American electricity, or European?"

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Re:Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question by cbsmith on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @12:48PM (#41436714)

African or European. Everyone knows that.

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Re:Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question by pdonis on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @02:11PM (#41437503)

African and European electricity could be operating it together...

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Re:Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question by Quekid5 on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @04:46PM (#41439021)

How do you know so much about electricity?

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Re:Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question by KETHERCORTEX on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @02:50AM (#41442598)

I assume they keep a few jars of electricity at home.

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Re:Steve Ballmer's incorrect binary search interview question by ben_w on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @05:05AM (#41443465)

Bunch of jars of electricity, just Leyden about the place? How much were you charged for them?

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