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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[i_am_stillwater]

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

[suba_al_hadid]

The comment after yours has the answer (or at least a cue to the answer).

Tick-tock, tick-tock...

[silver_t0ngue]

Now I feel silly :P

Which is, presumably, the whole point of the exercise!

[suba_al_hadid]

Nah - I had to have it explained to me.

[anendlessnight]

Don't have much to add for binary, but I do have a verbal tidbit that may or may not be relevant here.

ELEVEN + TWO = TWELVE + ONE

[orchidaceous]

But is it as good as the dead people and hex one? How many people can read hex if only you and dead people read hex? :-D

[halfdoomed]

I got my dad a shirt with that on it. I also got him a binary clock for Christmas one year. :) Hahaha. I can't say I understand it entirely myself, but that clock did keep the family entertained.

[manuka]

6 by 9 = 42.

Base 13 FTW.