I hope everyone's watching the genius of invention on bbc2 right now

[Owain]

That'll be the 1970s partition walls.

They do move when you're not looking, but it's probably down to overactive Facilities Management rather than Nimons.

Owain

[Windmill]

they chose it, but it still surprises me that octal is used for it.

I like it. When my short-term memory was better I used to be able to

*multiply* in octal, for small numbers, but calculating the carries etc. needs a good memory.

[newshound]

Not until now, dammit

[jgharston]

I was going by this diagram:

the main building is two octagons sharing a common side rather than two hexagons.

JGH

[Andy Champ]

Oh I see. I was taking you too literally - that you were using the elements to identify the offices, rather than as a simile onto a map.

Andy

[John Stumbles]

"What are those funny numbers with letters in them?"

[John Stumbles]

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[Huge]

[whisky-dave]

Sweet, what was the address ;-)