Return Styles: Pseud0ch, Terminal, Valhalla, NES, Geocities, Blue Moon. Entire thread

10 kinds of people

Name: Anonymous 2009-07-29 17:06

Do you remember the old joke:
"There are 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who don't"

It's funny, isn't it. It's sad that it's essentially a written joke, you can't tell it any other way... but wait! THIS MORON THINKS THAT HE CAN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7GvstxiH-M

Name: Anonymous 2009-07-30 4:11

That joke has always pissed me off. Whoever wrote it clearly has never actually USED binary. Programmers count from an index of 0, not 1. 0x0010 is the index for third kind of people: "Those who aren't just pretending to understand binary."

Also, not clicking the link on principal, but when reading binary numbers out loud, you read right to left through the most significant bit. 0b0010 would read "zero one", not "one zero" and certainly not "ten". I'd bet 10 bucks that he did it wrong. Though that could be what OP meant.

Newer Posts
Don't change these.
Name: Email:
Entire Thread Thread List