Why College Is Sometimes Awesome
A few days ago I wrote on my whiteboard
There are 10 kinds of people in the world:
1. Those who know this doesn't have to be a setup to a binary joke.
2. Those who don't.
&
10. Those who aren't reading this at all.
Base three: it's math, too!
A short while later, I had people commenting on base eight ("base 8 is like base 10 if you have two fewer fingers!"), making digit puns, and so on. Bits got erased as people ran out of space. Currently the whiteboard looks like this:
There are 10 kinds of people in the world:
1. Those who know this doesn't have to be a setup to a binary joke.
2. Those who don't.
&
10. Those who aren't reading this at all.
11. Those who can't count.
E. Those who know Hex is the best.
(I couldn't decide between this icon and my nerd icon. Finally settled on this one.)
There are 10 kinds of people in the world:
1. Those who know this doesn't have to be a setup to a binary joke.
2. Those who don't.
&
10. Those who aren't reading this at all.
Base three: it's math, too!
A short while later, I had people commenting on base eight ("base 8 is like base 10 if you have two fewer fingers!"), making digit puns, and so on. Bits got erased as people ran out of space. Currently the whiteboard looks like this:
There are 10 kinds of people in the world:
1. Those who know this doesn't have to be a setup to a binary joke.
2. Those who don't.
&
10. Those who aren't reading this at all.
11. Those who can't count.
E. Those who know Hex is the best.
(I couldn't decide between this icon and my nerd icon. Finally settled on this one.)