User talk:ZhongHan/Archive 1

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Unblock

 * I have taken the risk and unblocked the IP, so you could work, but the IP seems to be a source of bad vandalism recently. Thus, do not be surprized if you would find the IP blocked in the future. Is it possible for you to work from another IP? abakharev 21:22, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, it is a School IP and thus it is not possible for me to work from another IP. ZhongHan 06:59, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I see, well nothing can be done about it then. Send me an e-mail if the IP will be blocked for more than 24h abakharev 07:04, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Autoblock

 * I've just added 165.21.0.0/16 to the MediaWiki:Autoblock whitelist. Hopefully, this doesn't mean an increase in vandalism originating from Singapore. --  Netsnipe  ►  13:48, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Meetup
Terence Ong 14:54, 5 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for the invitation to the next "meetup". Unfortunately, I'm studying in the UK at the moment and won't be in Singapore in November 2007. Cheers, Jacklee 17:13, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Checksum for Singapore licence plates
I refer to Singapore licence plates.

1. As I stated it's MOD19 for CAR plates - not motorbikes (or trucks etc) - I'm not sure what the checksum is for those but it will be something to do with letters that are omitted (i.e. it Motorbikes use F for example maybe it's mod20).

2. In the example for the car my formula is correct IF you start counting the alphabet at 0 (for A). Remember MOD can return 0 - (which is A for the checksum).

A = 0 B = 1 C = 2 D = 3 E = 4 F G =5 H = 6 I J = 7 K = 8 L = 9 M = 10 N = 11 O P = 12 Q R = 13 S = 14 T = 15 U = 16 V W X = 17  (<- your examples fits here) Y = 18 Z = 19

Cheers --PeterMarkSmith 02:49, 18 March 2007 (UTC)