I saw a joke on a bumper sticker-
“There are 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary and those who don’t.”
Obviously, ‘10’ in binary is ‘2’ in base ten. But how do you say ‘10’ when it’s base 2? Two? One-Zero? Or is there no utterable form of it?
10 = 1010
1010
Let me rephrase:
“There are **[?] ** kinds of people: those who understand binary and those who don’t.”
What word comes out of your mouth at** [?] ** when you read this aloud? You’re saying ‘10’ but it’s in base two. Do you say: “There are one-zero kinds of people: those who…”
One zero.
How do you say 10 in binary? Two. I guess I get it.
I think he’s asking how 10 is pronounced when it a binary number, not a decimal.
I pronounce it one-oh.
Right, that’s what I was asking. Thanks!
The OP is asking how to pronounce 2 (ie, 10) in base 2. Normally you pronounce it one-zero.
One-zero or “ten-base-two.” However, I think said bumper sticker is supposed to be simply pronounced “ten” for contrast purposes with similar “two types of people” jokes.
Yeah, it’s like an inside joke. People who don’t know about binary must think WTF?
You should hear hexadecimal jokes. Real knee-slappers.
I’m afraid the joke just doesn’t work if it’s said aloud. It only works when written and read.
Oh, and nobody writes jokes in base 13.
I say “On Off.”
Oh yeah, but what do you get if you multiply six by nine?
(I’m a dork for getting that reference)
This, if I want to emphasize the fact that a binary representation is being used. “Two,” otherwise.
That was an accident on DA’s part, wasn’t it?
You mean like “Why do programmers get Halloween and Christmas mixed up?”
“Because 31Oct = 25Dec”
But I guess that’s an octal joke rather than a hexadecimal.
(writing)…27=23, 30=24, 31=25…Cool, got it!
Yeah, he was like “seriously, who the hell writes jokes in Base 13?”
I once used similar logic to prove George Washington was a horse…