I used to say stuff like, "I'm not a computer geek. Computer geeks can read hexadecimal." Then I started reading hexadecimal....
But don't feel bad, Teppy. Somewhere I heard that the half-life for mathematical knowledge is 1.5 years or something....
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tommyrot - Dec 29, 2009 3:17:50 pm PST #5182 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
-t - Dec 29, 2009 3:20:15 pm PST #5183 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am getting better at reading binary since we made the LED Binary Clock the main time telling device in the living room, but I still have to think through each digit to be sure.
erin_obscure - Dec 29, 2009 3:22:57 pm PST #5184 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
my brain just sploded all over the monitor.
billytea - Dec 29, 2009 3:24:08 pm PST #5185 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Heh, Bitches has turned into Binary 101. Sorry, Binary 1100101.
Connie Neil - Dec 29, 2009 3:34:40 pm PST #5186 of 30000
brillig
Each column of binary is double of the one to the right, correct? As in 1's, 2's, 4's, 8's etc?
edit: no, that won't work . . .
tommyrot - Dec 29, 2009 3:40:51 pm PST #5187 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, that's right. billytea's number is 1+0+4+0+0+32+64 = 101 in base 10.
dcp - Dec 29, 2009 3:41:32 pm PST #5188 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Yes, it does. 64+32+0+0+4+1=101
tommyrot - Dec 29, 2009 3:44:00 pm PST #5189 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Meanwhile, brains continue to explode.
Dana - Dec 29, 2009 3:47:07 pm PST #5190 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Teppy, the whole thing was like three years ago.
If it's any help, Gud had this whole egg crate metaphor.
Connie Neil - Dec 29, 2009 3:51:02 pm PST #5191 of 30000
brillig
I missed a column, I had the last column as 128.
I think I pulled a brain cell.
edit: I feel like a complete fraud at math, I never use the proper methods. When I did the math section of the SATs, I'd fumble my way through the problems, see if my answer matched any of the multiple choices--god bless multiple choice--and use the one that was closest. Or I'd plug in the choices until I got one that worked. It was a continuous case of "Wow, my answer matches one of those! I hope it's the right one."