Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for June 30, 2024

4526

Not a valid binary number as used by computers. Each byte contains 8 binary digits, normally written in groups of four so that they can be translated to hex. This is 13 digits, which would be 3 1/4 characters. It has no meaning for computers. How long would it have taken to consult someone with knowledge on the subject?

Should’nt “language” be 1101100 1100001 1101110 1100111 1110101 1100001 1100111 1100101

Well, I’m lost here. Too old to study computer stuff in school.

..meep..

All these comments give proof to the old adage:There are 10 types of people – those who understand binary and those who don’t!

Fear the “marshmallow heads”. A.I. is here and it does NOT look good for mankind.

I’ll have to admit that “hexadecimal” is not an easy language to learn, at least for Humans,

Their next class is trigonometry, where they’ll be learning sine language.

Still, gotta love binomial nomenclature.

There are ten kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don’t.

Instead of English 101 or Biology 101, it’s 101 101.

1001001SOS

Data compression and encryption are self defining streams of variable width characters and have no fixed byte width. A parity error or byte loss loses the rest of the message.

Bits of humor.

FYI: The Apollo space capsule only had a 4 bit computer processor on board.