# 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:** 4
**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:** [June 7, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/61 "2019-06-07T13:29:08Z")
Highway 111101 Revisited, Bob Dylan’s 110 album, was released in 11110101101. ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/62 "2019-06-07T21:21:43Z")
In the 11111001110 Home Run Race, Mark McGwire hit his 111110nd home run on September 1000, breaking the single-season record. Sammy Sosa hit his 111110nd home run just days later on September 1101. ---
**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 8, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/63 "2019-06-08T17:45:01Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > In the 11111001110 Home Run Race, Mark McGwire hit his 111110nd home run on September 1000, breaking the single-season record. Sammy Sosa hit his 111110nd home run just days later on September 1101. Not in play: Let’s not forget the big asterisk that goes with those records! Phooey on them and their steroids and corked bats! Back in play: Class of '111111 was a TV movie starring James Brolin (the full date would be 11110101011) ---
**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 8, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/64 "2019-06-08T23:47:29Z")
In video games, the Nintendo 1000000 video game console and (historically) the Commodore 1000000. Since 11111001100, the number 1000000 has been an abbreviation or slang for Nintendo 1000000 (though _N1000000_ is more common) along with the games _Super Mario 1000000, Mario Kart 1000000_ and more, along with 1000000 being used in the term _Super Smash 1000000_ which is used to distinguish _Super Smash Bros._ (the video game) from the name of the series _Super Smash Bros._ ---
**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 11, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/65 "2019-06-11T01:49:33Z")
In the U.S., 1000001 is the age at which a person is eligible for Medicare. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/66 "2019-06-11T02:11:29Z")
Route 1000010 is a great road. ---
**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 11, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/67 "2019-06-11T13:24:27Z")
Elton John’s song “Old '1000011” on _The Captain & The Kid_ CD ---
**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 15, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/68 "2019-06-15T00:12:29Z")
1000100 is used as slang for oral sex, based on a play on words involving the number 1000101. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Zox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/69 "2019-06-15T05:03:12Z")
Bryan Adams claims the best days of his life occurred in the Summer of 1000101. ---
**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 16, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/70 "2019-06-16T15:51:58Z")
1000110 years of marriage is marked by the platinum wedding anniversary. ---
**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 20, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/71 "2019-06-20T13:53:24Z")
1000111 different characters can be used with a standard English keyboard, excluding uppercase letters. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/72 "2019-06-20T14:15:05Z")
I recently turned 1000100 so in 100 years I will be 1001000. ---
**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 20, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/73 "2019-06-20T20:10:51Z")
According to Sheldon Cooper, 1001001 is the best number, the sole Sheldon prime. It has the product property, i.e. the product of its base-1010 digits is precisely its index in the sequence of primes: 111 × 11 = 10101 and 1001001 is the 10101st prime number. It also has the mirror property, as its permutable prime 100101 is the 1100th prime number, which is, again, the reverse of 10101. (I think I got that right.) ---
**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 23, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/74 "2019-06-23T20:34:04Z")
On my next birthday I’ll be 1001010 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/75 "2019-06-24T04:42:16Z")
When I had to stay awake during a Maintenance of Wakefulness Test, I’d count on my fingers in binary. If I made it to all fingers, I’d start counting down. 1001011 ---
**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 24, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/76 "2019-06-24T11:34:31Z")
1001100 trombones led the big parade With 1101110 cornets close at hand. They were followed by rows and rows of the finest virtuosos, The cream of ev’ry famous band. ---
**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 28, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/77 "2019-06-28T11:42:03Z")
It is possible for a sudoku puzzle to have as many as 1001101 givens, yet lack a unique solution. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/78 "2019-07-02T04:12:10Z")
The total number of gifts in the song _The Twelve Days of Christmas_ is 1001110. It is also the atomic number of platinum. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/79 "2019-07-04T11:59:31Z")
Mount Vesuvius erupted in 1001111 AD, destroying Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae, and Oplontis. 1001111 is also the atomic number of gold. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-binary/834443/80 "2019-07-07T11:44:29Z")
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