Around 1990 I took a course in 8086 Assembler. The teacher was a retired programmer who began his career in the 1950s. When we got to base conversion he said, “What I do is convert everything to octal. Convert the source number to octal and then convert the octal number to the target base.” He could do it in his head, fast. 8 bit machine words.
oompa almost 4 years ago
There are 10 kinds of people in the world — those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
comicjunky Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I remember when I learned to count that way, but I wasn’t that young!
Ivy Valory Premium Member almost 4 years ago
He must be so proud!
pschearer Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Someone teaches how to use a table edge to separate up and down fingers to count to 1023.
earlcdean almost 4 years ago
binary doesn’t have a 1023!
Skeptical Meg almost 4 years ago
He’s not much of a geek if he’s just counting to 1010 on his fingers.
He’ll graduate into full geekdom when he starts getting Christmas and Halloween mixed up.
azrael2000 almost 4 years ago
You are a real geek if you can do it in base 8 or base 3
R.R.Bedford almost 4 years ago
oh my I think I’m catching a code.
Portmanteau almost 4 years ago
Is it bad that I counted along with her and laughed. Does anyone learn to count in hex or octal anymore?
Indianapolis Smith almost 4 years ago
When I go and do laps around the track at the gym, I count to 16 on one hand. 16 laps is one mile. I use the other hand to keep track of the miles.
I have to be careful with 11(base 10), or 0100(base 2), because someone might think I’m making a rude gesture.
garcoa almost 4 years ago
I feel sorry for her, even if she will make a million dollars by the time she is 18.
mike75035 almost 4 years ago
Actually, if you use both hands you can count to 1111111111.
dpatrickryan Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Actually, if you designate each finger as a bit, you can count to 1023.
RobinHood almost 4 years ago
Can’t wait till she gets to 42.
Bruce1253 almost 4 years ago
Binary exists because computers are primitive and stupid.
PoodleGroomer almost 4 years ago
Use gray code binary if you are feeling jittery.
Dragoncat almost 4 years ago
Proudest. Daddy. EVER!!!
willie_mctell almost 4 years ago
Around 1990 I took a course in 8086 Assembler. The teacher was a retired programmer who began his career in the 1950s. When we got to base conversion he said, “What I do is convert everything to octal. Convert the source number to octal and then convert the octal number to the target base.” He could do it in his head, fast. 8 bit machine words.
oakie817 almost 4 years ago
most excellent