What is 555?

[LordHaveMurci]

Owned my classic scooby when I set my 1st email account up, has 555 in it, sad I know but I still use it nearly 20yrs later!

[anonymous-user]

LordHaveMurci said:

Owned my classic scooby when I set my 1st email account up, has 555 in it, sad I know but I still use it nearly 20yrs later!

So SWRT was sponsored by your email address?

[anonymous-user]

Krikkit said:

allroad one said:

simonr100 said:

kambites said:

I'd always wondered why the car was called the "22B", now I know.

That's the wrong reason - 22B came from the engine 2.2litres and the B was a reference to the Bilstein shocks.

So the whole coding thing was coincidental? I think it has some part in it too.

I bet they didn't end up with a 2.2L displacement by accident.

Obviously, but maybe the name 22B has something to do with 555? They probably named it 22B after the code and made it stand for the displacement and shocks.

[QuickQuack]

allroad one said:

Krikkit said:

allroad one said:

simonr100 said:

kambites said:

I'd always wondered why the car was called the "22B", now I know.

That's the wrong reason - 22B came from the engine 2.2litres and the B was a reference to the Bilstein shocks.

So the whole coding thing was coincidental? I think it has some part in it too.

I bet they didn't end up with a 2.2L displacement by accident.

Obviously, but maybe the name 22B has something to do with 555? They probably named it 22B after the code and made it stand for the displacement and shocks.

As mentioned earlier, 555 in decimal (base 10 and also what everyone knows as normal numbers) is 22B in hexadecimal (base 16, which is heavily used in computer coding). It is also 1000101011 in binary (base 2), 1053 in octal (base 8), 3A3 in duodecimal (base 12), 17F in base 20 etc. etc. Interestingly, it would be 10 in base 555.

I like numbers, sorry. And I've had a few - ok, ok, several - glasses of wine... Sadly, this is as interesting as my drunk posts get!

[Lagerlout]

Nerrrrrrrdssss!!!!

[mybrainhurts]

It's one fewer than 556 and one more than 554.

HTH...

Don't you know anything...?

[xRIEx]

QuickQuack said:

Interestingly, it would be 10 in base 555.

Wow, what a coincidence - 373 in base 10 is 10 in base 373! Spooky!

[xRIEx]

allroad one said:

What on earth is 555?

If you're 555 then I'm 666.



(Quite possibly the worst lyric in the history of music.)

[anonymous-user]

mybrainhurts said:

It's one fewer than 556 and one more than 554.

HTH...

Don't you know anything...?

Shut up bruvva u tiped your street name in wrong and couldn't notice the difference. You probably couldnt tell the difference between coke and weed u littel broncha wonka

[anonymous-user]

xRIEx said:

allroad one said:

What on earth is 555?

If you're 555 then I'm 666.



(Quite possibly the worst lyric in the history of music.)

If he's 555 and youre 666 then I'm 777.

[mybrainhurts]

allroad one said:

mybrainhurts said:

It's one fewer than 556 and one more than 554.

HTH...

Don't you know anything...?

Shut up bruvva u tiped your street name in wrong and couldn't notice the difference. You probably couldnt tell the difference between coke and weed u littel broncha wonka

Are you Red Squirrel?

[nickos77]

http://www.sankei-555.co.jp/products

They are a Japanese steering and suspension manufacturer, we have used them at work for years. Excellent quality stuff. :-)

[battered]

A 555 timer is an electronic component, an IC, that is very versatile and used everywhere, including in schools as a teaching aid. Millions of school projects have used them, and more than a few commercial products.

[mp3manager]

[em177]

Urban Dictionary:

"Thai for "hahaha"

"dominos pizza deal. 3 mediums for 5 each
i got da 555 at dominoz!!"

[ManOpener]

Yex 450 said:

I believe that 555 is expressed as 22B in hexadecimal

Correct, in decimal mode anyway.

[Dave Hedgehog]

kambites said:

I'd always wondered why the car was called the "22B", now I know.

i have failed as a car and tech nurd for not knowing this ...

[Hoofy]

I think you'll find they named it 22B then had to find a sponsor with 555 as part of their name. True fact.



















I might be lying.

[kambites]

Hoofy said:

I think you'll find they named it 22B then had to find a sponsor with 555 as part of their name. True fact.

It's a good job they didn't buy their dampers from Quantum!

[DS197]

jamiem555 said:

Hmm, I arrived a bit late to this thread.

Late for what? Some internet points?