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; [[I, Roommate]]
; [[I, Roommate]]
: In the apartment [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] has for a while, a picture on the wall appears with the following [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC BASIC] inspired script:
: In the apartment [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] and [[Bender Bending Rodríguez|Bender]] have for a while, a picture on the wall appears with the following [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC BASIC] inspired script:
  10 HOME
  10 HOME
  20 SWEET
  20 SWEET
  30 GOTO 10
  30 GOTO 10
: Bender's apartment number is 00100100. This is a binary representation of the ASCII character '$' or 36 in decimal.


; [[Hell is Other Robots]]
; [[Hell is Other Robots]]
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  10 SIN
  10 SIN
  20 GOTO HELL
  20 GOTO HELL
== Season 2 ==
; [[The Honking]]
: The numbers on the wall 0101100101 the number 357 in binary. But in the mirror we see 1010011010, which is 666.
: The painting with moving eyes is of ''Commodore LXIV'', a reference to the Commodore 64 computers.
: Tandy's shirt "Euro '''TR'''a'''S'''h-80" is in reference to the TRS-80 known by users as the Trash-80.


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Revision as of 08:21, 1 May 2007

This article attempts to list references specific and common computer science issues. Internet slang in general is not included, unless it has some computer science base.

Season 1

Space Pilot 3000
Bender drinks "Olde Fortran 800" malt liquor.
I, Roommate
In the apartment Fry and Bender have for a while, a picture on the wall appears with the following BASIC inspired script:
10 HOME
20 SWEET
30 GOTO 10
Bender's apartment number is 00100100. This is a binary representation of the ASCII character '$' or 36 in decimal.
Hell is Other Robots
The marquee at the Church of Robotology has a message in BASIC script:
10 SIN
20 GOTO HELL

Season 2

The Honking
The numbers on the wall 0101100101 the number 357 in binary. But in the mirror we see 1010011010, which is 666.
The painting with moving eyes is of Commodore LXIV, a reference to the Commodore 64 computers.
Tandy's shirt "Euro TRaSh-80" is in reference to the TRS-80 known by users as the Trash-80.
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