The p-Code Machine

So today I was migrating our HP SSSU utility from an x86 to an x86-64 machine, only to find our I couldn’t execute the utility anymore because it was on a x86-64 machine, I wanted to lookup the version number of the utility to find a matching x86-64 version. So I was too lazy to log onto the old machine, so I used strings to find it’s version number, only to find a crazy surprise:

SSSU for HP StorageWorks Command View EVA
9.2.0
Version: %s
Build: %s
Error closing https connection
Error closing https connection
Total regression differences = %u
Press return to exit
%.6d%c
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   o$$'   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$       $$$o
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                '$$$$o      o$$$$$$o'$$$$o        o$$$$
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This is obviously a reference to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (why?).