Binary humour

the great debate, hexadecimal versus binary, who will prevail?

 

33575(base 10)=X(base36)

 

X = PWN

 

i think it would save time if we all just went to the nearest tattoo parlor, and got NERD across our foreheads.

 

Better yet, why not 1092217 (or 10AA79 for the hex freaks!) ?

 

ok, now raise your hand if

number of posts on this forum > words spoken to girls this weekend

*hand is sucked to the floor*

 

I dunno HEX.....can someone explain HEX to me?

Holly

 

well the most important thing about hex is to do it correctly, unsafe hex can lead to viruses

 

Hex is short for hexadecimal, or base16 numbering system. Widely used in computer programming. The 16 digits in hex are 0-9 and A-F.

 

To expand upon Ellis' introduction:

In Base10, the numbers range from 0 to 9. The next number combines 1 and 0 to form 10. When you deal with Hex, A, B, C, D, E, and F follow 9. After F comes the combination of 1 and 0 again. A Hexadecimal 10 is equal to a Base10 17. So in Base10, after a 9, you change 9 to 0 and add to the next higher place: 9 becomes 10, 19 - 20, 29 - 30, 39 - 40, etc. In Hex, F is where that change takes place: F - 10, 1F - 20, 2F - 30, 3F - 40, etc.

 

I'll bet 4 bits that they are the same thing.

 

Even geekier than hex, how about punchcard codes?




http://www.kloth.net/services/cardpunch.php

 

Ack! Into the way-back machine.

Don't forget to punch those sequence numbers.

Gawd I'm old.

 

I always wanted to write a pun in binary, but unfortunately this is naught one.

 

You could use a quarter as a random binary number generator and record the results on a Florida punch card ballot.




I think Diebold is proof that maybe IBM was on to something. At least IBM had a paper trail when they made errors.

 

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Evolve or Die!

 

me neither