# Count in binary. **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 24, 2019, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443 "2019-05-24T07:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/41 "2019-05-31T16:54:42Z")
In the Bible, 101000 gets all the love (days and nights, years in the wilderness), but Mozart wrote 101001 symphonies, and the 101001st (the “Jupiter”) is one of the greatest. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/42 "2019-05-31T18:55:20Z")
The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 101010. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/43 "2019-05-31T19:20:53Z")
NASCAR owns the number 101011, used by Richard Petty Motorsports. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/44 "2019-05-31T21:03:34Z")
There are 101100 candles in a box of Hanukkah candles. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/45 "2019-05-31T21:09:49Z")
This is easy! One, two, three, four… All that changes is how you represent it in numerals. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/46 "2019-06-01T10:33:29Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > This is easy! One, two, three, four… All that changes is how you represent it in numerals. Thank you for threadshitting. Now, to keep the thread count correct, I have to post two: Those little records with the big holes are called 101101s. And there are 101110 major peaks of the Adirondack mountain range. People who have climbed all of them are called “101110ers”. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/47 "2019-06-01T12:56:51Z")
The 101111 ronin are samurai legendary in Japan for avenging their lord. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/48 "2019-06-02T00:21:42Z")
Johann Sebastian Bach’s _Well-Tempered Clavier_ is informally known as _The 110000_ because it consists of a prelude and a fugue in each major and minor key, for a total of 110000 pieces. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/49 "2019-06-03T12:05:00Z")
The San Francisco 110001ers. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/50 "2019-06-03T17:35:55Z")
A golden anniversary, celebrating 110010 years. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/51 "2019-06-03T17:57:31Z")
110011 is a palindromic binary number ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/52 "2019-06-03T19:25:34Z")
24x7x110100 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/53 "2019-06-03T20:29:08Z")
The atomic number of iodine is 110101. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/54 "2019-06-05T01:22:12Z")
_Car 110110, Where Are You?_ ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/55 "2019-06-05T02:53:53Z")
Do you remember when the speed limit was double nickel or 110111? ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/56 "2019-06-05T15:52:45Z")
Joe DiMaggio had a hit in 111000 consecutive games. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/57 "2019-06-05T17:53:34Z")
Heniz Ketchup has 111001 different varities. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/58 "2019-06-05T18:20:05Z")
On _SpongeBob SquarePants,_ Patrick claims that “111010 is like the luckiest number ever.” ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/59 "2019-06-07T05:26:14Z")
I like the Simon and Garfunkel song, “The 111011th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/60 "2019-06-07T06:27:07Z")
In the year 11110000111, N.Y. Yankees Babe Ruth hit 111100 home runs, during a 10011010-game season. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443.md?page=4)