So, yeah... Stubling again...
http://www.geek24.com/g/2006/06/13/absolut...computer-quotes
My favorites are
"There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand trinary, those that don't, and those that confuse it with binary."
and
"Programmers are tools for converting caffeine into code."
Full Version: Funny Computer Quotes
My favorites:
"The Internet: where men are men, women are men, and children are FBI agents."
"The box said 'Required Windows 95 or better'. So, I installed LINUX."
"Mac users swear by their Mac,
PC users swear at their PC."
"The Internet: where men are men, women are men, and children are FBI agents."
"The box said 'Required Windows 95 or better'. So, I installed LINUX."
"Mac users swear by their Mac,
PC users swear at their PC."
QUOTE(Herloss @ Aug 1 2006, 04:52 PM)
So, yeah... Stubling again...
http://www.geek24.com/g/2006/06/13/absolut...computer-quotes
My favorites are
"There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand trinary, those that don't, and those that confuse it with binary."
http://www.geek24.com/g/2006/06/13/absolut...computer-quotes
My favorites are
"There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand trinary, those that don't, and those that confuse it with binary."
that ones great.
QUOTE(Timebandit @ Aug 1 2006, 08:01 PM)
that ones great.
Didn't see that one.
I'ld search bash.org myself, they've taken most from there...
QUOTE(Herloss @ Aug 1 2006, 05:52 PM)
So, yeah... Stubling again...
http://www.geek24.com/g/2006/06/13/absolut...computer-quotes
My favorites are
"There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand trinary, those that don't, and those that confuse it with binary."
and
"Programmers are tools for converting caffeine into code."
http://www.geek24.com/g/2006/06/13/absolut...computer-quotes
My favorites are
"There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand trinary, those that don't, and those that confuse it with binary."
and
"Programmers are tools for converting caffeine into code."
Actually, it's called Ternary. I'm guessing that you are the second type
QUOTE(lappy512 @ Aug 28 2006, 06:30 PM)
Actually, it's called Ternary. I'm guessing that you are the second type
I would have just called it base-3, but trinary is what it said in the joke, and I dont know the actual name. Hell, what do you call base-4, 5, 6, 7? I know 8 is octal and 16 is hexadecimal. That's it.
http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid has a large store of interesting ones
one that I remember is
Customer: "Where are all my icons?"
Tech Support: "They're right here on the left side of the screen."
Customer: "Yes, but on my Mac they were all over here on the right."
Tech Support: "Well, by default, Windows arranges the columns on the left side."
Customer: "But I'm right handed!"
one that I remember is
Customer: "Where are all my icons?"
Tech Support: "They're right here on the left side of the screen."
Customer: "Yes, but on my Mac they were all over here on the right."
Tech Support: "Well, by default, Windows arranges the columns on the left side."
Customer: "But I'm right handed!"
QUOTE(leftylink @ Aug 29 2006, 11:47 PM)
http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid has a large store of interesting ones
one that I remember is
Customer: "Where are all my icons?"
Tech Support: "They're right here on the left side of the screen."
Customer: "Yes, but on my Mac they were all over here on the right."
Tech Support: "Well, by default, Windows arranges the columns on the left side."
Customer: "But I'm right handed!"
one that I remember is
Customer: "Where are all my icons?"
Tech Support: "They're right here on the left side of the screen."
Customer: "Yes, but on my Mac they were all over here on the right."
Tech Support: "Well, by default, Windows arranges the columns on the left side."
Customer: "But I'm right handed!"
Ah, yes. That's a good database. I spent a couple days reading them all.
QUOTE(Herloss @ Aug 28 2006, 02:34 PM)
I would have just called it base-3, but trinary is what it said in the joke, and I dont know the actual name. Hell, what do you call base-4, 5, 6, 7? I know 8 is octal and 16 is hexadecimal. That's it.
Well, the named ones seem to be
Urnary
Binary
Ternary
Quaternary
Quinary
Senary
Septenary
Octal
Nonary
Decimal
Undecimal
Duodecimal
Hexadecimal
Vegisimal
Hexavegisimal
Septemvigesimal
Sexagismal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Posi...numeral_systems
QUOTE
The etymologically correct base names
2 - binary
3 - ternary
4 - quaternary
5 - quinary
6 - senary
7 - septenary
8 - octonary, although this is never used; instead octal is the common term.
9 - nonary
10 - denary, although this is never used; instead decimal is the common term.
11 - undenary
12 - duodenary, although this is never used; duodecimal is the accepted word.
16 - senidenary, although this is never used; see the discussion in hexadecimal.
20 - vegesimal
60 - sexagesimal
2 - binary
3 - ternary
4 - quaternary
5 - quinary
6 - senary
7 - septenary
8 - octonary, although this is never used; instead octal is the common term.
9 - nonary
10 - denary, although this is never used; instead decimal is the common term.
11 - undenary
12 - duodenary, although this is never used; duodecimal is the accepted word.
16 - senidenary, although this is never used; see the discussion in hexadecimal.
20 - vegesimal
60 - sexagesimal
There's a really big list here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Numeral_...rect_base_names
Lol. I went way overboard.
Some of those sound dirty
QUOTE(djbob @ Aug 29 2006, 11:47 PM)
Some of those sound dirty
Really dirty.
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