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Old 17-01-2007, 07:44 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Les Hemmings Les Hemmings is offline
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Default Million Bells Calibrachoa Seeds

Richard Cole wrote:
"That's 10 times I've explained binary to you. I won't tell you a 3rd
time!"

Shouldn't that be "That's 11 times I've explained binary to you. I
won't tell you a 100th time!"


11 in base 2 = 3 in base 10 (1 unit + 1x 2)

100 in base 2 = 4 in base 10 (0 units, 0 2's and 1x4)

The original line deliberatly mixes base 2 and base 10 for comic effect. The
"10 times" bit (0 units and 1x 2) would translate to spoken base 10 as
"Twice"

I may be wrong, but that's what i remember from Maths and computing since...

Les