Ckrisg Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 what is every first person in the UK? Reality TV? Unemployed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Hi, Good one, Mekong. Wonder how many people will get it though Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 10/31 12/25 You guys doing Base 13 jokes again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 I'll be the first to admit it.....I don't get it. I'm not a programmer so I'm using that excuse. If that doesn't work, then I'll just use the fallback of being an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 10/31 12/25 You guys doing Base 13 jokes again? Base 8 actualy PM OCT Octal Base 8 DEC Decimal Base 10 So OCT 31 convrted to DEC is 3x8 = 24 + 1 = 25 Hence DEC 25 In Computing since it is all just 1's and 0's or multiples there of such as OCT Octal and HEX Hexideciaml (Base 16) if you keep doubling the numbers the sequence goes 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048 and so on which just so happens to be the different speeds of ADSL has progressed. If you can count up to 1 and then double it computer basics are quite simple to follow. A lot of people use base 12 a lot without realising it, in the west its used in measurement, we dont say a person is 71 inches tall we say 5' 11" that being 5x12 + 11 and in the UK pre-decimilised money was base 12. In time 1 hour is the time it takes the earth to rotate 15 degrees, and the old fashioned astral navigation would have been less accurate using base 10 than base 12. The Base 13 joke is from Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy where a super computer was built to calculate the answer to Life the Universe and Everything and the answer was 42, when asked what it meant the super conputer said you need to build another computer to find the question. The new supercomputer was the planet earth and the result was found at the end with two cavemen playing scrabble and on the board came up the words "What is Six Times Nine" 6x9 is 54 DEC but 42 Base 13 (4x13 = 52 + 2) is also 54 in Decimal, and Douglas Adams who was also a great Physicist made the classic statement ... No one makes Jokes in Base 13 anymore, later in life when asked about this he admitted it was his subtle and humorous way to get people to think "Outside the Box" all is not as it seems. Sorry to bore you, but its weekend here and the first day of Ramadam BORED Shitless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Hi, "I'll be the first to admit it.....I don't get it." Well, there's 10 kinds of people in the world. Programmers and non-programmers. (Sorry, couldn't resist ) Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 I got that one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 I find base 12 quite a improvement over the common recurring numbers in 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_schist Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 haaa haaa. thats the funniest thing i have heard in years. how on earth did those cavemen work that out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Sorry to bore you, but its weekend here and the first day of Ramadam BORED Shitless. Ramadan hasn't started here yet. :content: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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