# 24: Season 4: Episode 12 (6:00pm - 7:00pm) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-4-episode-12-6-00pm-7-00pm/293444 "2005-03-07T22:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-4-episode-12-6-00pm-7-00pm/293444/101 "2005-03-10T06:44:43Z")
> [@quixotic78](#): > > BTW, did anyone happen to see the screen names of Tony and Jack from their IMing? I don’t think they showed a complete screen shot, but if they did, I’d be curious as to what those names are. They did. Tony’s IMs came through with the name “IPN-T”, and Jack’s showed as “Loc-J”. When Jack’s IM window first popped up, the name at the top of his window (title bar – software name) was “I-Message”. On Tony’s screen, it looked like a different software window, and no software name at the top. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-4-episode-12-6-00pm-7-00pm/293444/102 "2005-03-11T15:29:13Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > Since Edgar’s mom was hooked up to an oxygen tank, one could assume that she could just unhook herself from it and she would pass away more quickly. I doubt she had a gun around. I think I remember a shot of a bunch of pill bottles, or they were on a table near the phone or something. ---
**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-4-episode-12-6-00pm-7-00pm/293444/103 "2005-03-11T16:09:48Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > They did. Tony’s IMs came through with the name “IPN-T”, and Jack’s showed as “Loc-J”. When Jack’s IM window first popped up, the name at the top of his window (title bar – software name) was “I-Message”. On Tony’s screen, it looked like a different software window, and no software name at the top. Nice catch, **Monstre**. Now I’m sure some of the more creative people on this board can come up with some gut-bustingly humorous meanings for these screen names 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-4-episode-12-6-00pm-7-00pm/293444/104 "2005-03-11T16:44:44Z")
> [@quixotic78](#): > > Nice catch, **Monstre**. Now I’m sure some of the more creative people on this board can come up with some gut-bustingly humorous meanings for these screen names 😃 Well, interestingly the letter after the dash in each of their respective IDs is their first initial ( **J** ack and **T** ony). So they actually had time to create logon IDs? rather than just random stuff? I’m sure Jack wouldn’t have logged in as himself! I’d just assumed “Loc-J” was Jack’s rapper name. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-4-episode-12-6-00pm-7-00pm/293444/105 "2005-03-11T18:48:59Z")
Oh, and just to add in another techie detail… [Here’s a shot of the screen](http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~rmyers/caps/emp_screen.jpg) that Jack was on when he pulled up the blinking “EMP Armed” graphic. What kind of software does this look like to the other tech geeks out there? Obviously, there are some variable and function/procedure design details on the right side, so it could be object-oriented design software. Or perhaps a database scripting screen…? Does this particular software screen look familiar to anybody (i.e. anybody recognize it as something they’ve used?) ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-4-episode-12-6-00pm-7-00pm/293444/106 "2005-03-11T20:00:17Z")
Looks like it could be Delphi code, based on some google searches. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-4-episode-12-6-00pm-7-00pm/293444.md?page=5)