OK, so I realize that many of you did not get my last post because you are used to the decimal numbering system. Let me explain briefly how the binary system (which is the basic building blocks for computers and everything else digital) works. In binary, there are only two digits (0 and 1), no other digits are allowed as opposed to the decimal system, which uses 10 digits (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9).
Here is a short chart showing a decimal value followed by it's binary equivalent:
Decimal => Binary
0 => 0
1 => 1
2 => 10
3 => 11
4 => 100
5 => 101
etc => etc
So, "10" represents TEN in decimal but in binary it represents TWO.
Therefore, my last post, when read by someone who thinks in binary would say this:
"There are TWO kinds of people in the World, those who think in binary and those who don't"
If you read it thinking in decimal, which you most likely did, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
So my last post, which I actually find quite humorous (but I may be the only one), doesn't translate well for most of the known World.
And there you have it.
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This is just too deep for my brain. (no comments)
Ahh, thanks for the clarification. I am beginning to see the humor now...oh yeah...haha.
Just think of it as "Digital Dog Years".
2 in decimal is equal to 10 in binary, much the same way as 7 in "human years" is equal to 49 in "dog years". They are really equivalent, just represented differently.
There, did that help?
Now stop with the fake laughing Angela Miller!
Okay, I have to say, I was still kind of like . . . huh? However, when I read your reply to Angela about the dog years thing . . . it made sense. I'm exhausted now from all of this thinking. haha Looking forward to your next blog.
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