Observation for the day

[the_vulture]

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't.

 - (Seen on a t-shirt somewhere)

Comments

[itsjustc.livejournal.com]

Luv it!!! x

[itsjustc.livejournal.com]

Hope you don't mind but I've nicked it!

[alias_chick.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA!! I had to do a project in binary once, but I still don't understand it completely (CLEARLY I got a lot of help on that one!), but I totally get the joke!!! :D

[karibu.livejournal.com]

Patrick thinks that's hilarious. He mentions that to me now & then. I actually got him a binary clock a few years ago for the holidays. Damn thing is always blinking (blue lights). Can I read it? If you give me five minutes to write down things & do simple sums. Him, he can tell you at a glance. So... I use it for a night light. I don't run into the wall when a midnight urge to go piddle wakes me up!

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you appreciated it! *chuckle*

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

I probably mind far, far less than the makers of the t-shirt I nicked the comment from in the first place. *chuckle*

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

I know enough about binary (including having once programmed on punch cards) to know that I do NOT want to ever full out program in it again. *chuckle* It'd also take me some doing to convert larger order numbers back and from decimal to binary.

Fortunately, one only needs to understand the concept to get the joke.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

A binary clock? Egads! Gimme one that reads off in Hiragana instead. I'd fare far better with that! Still, I do agree, I imagine it'd make a funky nightlight. *chuckle*

[1grl-revolution.livejournal.com]

I don't... but I do get the joke...

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I'm not sure someone can get the joke without having at least a basic grasp of what binary is all about. Let's put it to the test: care to explain the joke? *impish grin*

[eriisu-chan.livejournal.com]

I've seen that one before and I love it... I usually answer it with : "There are three kinds of people in this world... Those who can count, and those who can't." :p

Usually takes people a few seconds to realize I'm kidding... hehe

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* I'll have to remember that one for the next time I catch somebody way too under the influence of something to think their way past that one.

(Yes, I'm evil.)

[1grl-revolution.livejournal.com]

I know that binary consists of ones and zeros. :)

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

That's a good start. :)