Suba_al_hadid just taught her children how to insult people in Geek...

[mare_in_flames]

"My nine-year-old son is the last of my children to learn how to count on his fingers in binary. So far he can count to 31 on one hand. He's learned the significance of the number "4". So tonight I introduced him to the values on the other hand, particularly "128". Naturally we then had to combine the values for the full effect. So now we know what

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[annemjw]

That's just awesome. And yay for binary counting on one's fingers!

[razorzknight]

Binary is awesome, indeed.

And with this I have yet one more way to insult people without them knowing what I'm saying, making it a double insult. Binary FTW.

[arib]

Wow, I didn't learn how to do that 'til junior high...

[i_am_stillwater]

I don't get it. I feel stupid. :(

[heatermcca]

Number four in binary, when counted on hands and using the index finger as the first position/switch has only the middle finger up: 01.

...I dunno about 132, though.

[razorzknight]

Nope. Counting from the thumb, as you would in any base (even decimal) the numbers are 1 (thumb) 2 (index) 4 (middle) 8 (ring) 16 (pinky) 32 (second hand's pinky) 64 (second hand's ring) 128 (second hand's middle)

Hence middle finger + second hand's middle finger = 128 + 4 = 132.

Or 10000100 for short.

[heatermcca]

Yay, I flubbed it! Thanks for the explanation.

[kjpepper]

Heh. :) My partner and I still occasionally tell each other "25!"

[razorzknight]

11001?

Oh wait.

Using the pinky as first digit, right?

[kjpepper]

yep. :)

[razorzknight]

25, then...

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