In regular ol' base-ten you have ten numbers to choose from. What happens when you use up the first ten? You start using two-digit numbers. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9... and then you start over with a 1 added on the front: 10, 11, 12, 13, and so on.
In binary, you only have two digits to choose from. A 0 or a 1.
So you start out with 0 and 1. Then you add the 1 on the front, and continue on with 10 and 11. You've run out again, so you add another digit on the front, and now you get 100, 101, 110 and 111. Repeat the cycle and you find 1000, 1001, 1010, 1011, 1100, 1101, 1110 and 1111.
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Date: 2007-09-05 04:14 am (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2007-09-05 11:55 am (UTC)From:Hopefully that explains?
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Date: 2007-09-05 09:48 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2007-09-05 03:22 pm (UTC)From:even though I didn't get the math!
I didn't do the math,
but I figured it out
used to be one of my
pet sayings.
huh, I'd forgotten that.
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Date: 2007-09-05 05:44 pm (UTC)From:In binary, you only have two digits to choose from. A 0 or a 1.
So you start out with 0 and 1. Then you add the 1 on the front, and continue on with 10 and 11. You've run out again, so you add another digit on the front, and now you get 100, 101, 110 and 111. Repeat the cycle and you find 1000, 1001, 1010, 1011, 1100, 1101, 1110 and 1111.
So how do these systems compare?
So 10 (binary) = 2 (regular)
There are 10 kinds of people...
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Date: 2007-09-05 10:16 pm (UTC)From:After having my coffee and getting my day done, I get it.
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Date: 2007-09-05 05:46 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2007-09-05 10:18 pm (UTC)From:That was a 1010 for an answer if I've ever read one.