Infosys Billion dollar day watch cockup
Well, when you want to do things that look smart, you must make sure that they
are done smartly. Coz when people realise that what you have done is smart
from the outside, and not so smart from the inside, you end up making a fool
of yourself.
Such is the case with the Infosys billion dollar day watch. For
the uninitiated, Infosys distributed a T shirt and a watch (along with a
hefty cash bonus) to all its employees on the day Infosys crossed the billion
dollar turnover mark. The watch is pretty good, looks good too. But then,
these people tried to do something really smart which unfortunately came
under my scrutiny and now, my criticism.
The watch was custom made by Titan for Infosys employees with "Infosys"
engraved on it on it on the front and back. Now, on the back, I found something
engraved in binary. So I decided to read it. Turns out, the binary reads
"001010100 01001001 001010100 001000001 01001110
0101001 01101110 01100110 01101111 01110011 01111001 01110011".
The ASCII code for this is 'TITAN )nfosys'. Noticed the cockup? The ')'
should have been a 'I'. Buggers missed out a placeholder zero somewhere. The
"0101001" should have been "01001001".
Not many must have noticed this.
But then there are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who
dont :)
are done smartly. Coz when people realise that what you have done is smart
from the outside, and not so smart from the inside, you end up making a fool
of yourself.
Such is the case with the Infosys billion dollar day watch. For
the uninitiated, Infosys distributed a T shirt and a watch (along with a
hefty cash bonus) to all its employees on the day Infosys crossed the billion
dollar turnover mark. The watch is pretty good, looks good too. But then,
these people tried to do something really smart which unfortunately came
under my scrutiny and now, my criticism.
The watch was custom made by Titan for Infosys employees with "Infosys"
engraved on it on it on the front and back. Now, on the back, I found something
engraved in binary. So I decided to read it. Turns out, the binary reads
"001010100 01001001 001010100 001000001 01001110
0101001 01101110 01100110 01101111 01110011 01111001 01110011".
The ASCII code for this is 'TITAN )nfosys'. Noticed the cockup? The ')'
should have been a 'I'. Buggers missed out a placeholder zero somewhere. The
"0101001" should have been "01001001".
Not many must have noticed this.
But then there are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who
dont :)
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~AtulT