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Title: Silly Programmers
Post by: Thing on April 05, 2003, 03:35 PM
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Title: Re:Silly Programmers
Post by: iago on April 05, 2003, 04:02 PM
I've wanted a kid all my life just so I could teach him to count like that! :)
Title: Re:Silly Programmers
Post by: Yoni on April 05, 2003, 07:00 PM
There aren't more than 10 cubes in this picture. It may not be apparent, but he's really counting in Hex.
Title: Re:Silly Programmers
Post by: pileofcrap on April 22, 2003, 11:02 AM
isnt HEX a combination of 2 characters? that looks like 3 to me.....
Title: Re:Silly Programmers
Post by: Skywing on April 22, 2003, 11:49 AM
Quote from: pileofcrap on April 22, 2003, 11:02 AM
isnt HEX a combination of 2 characters? that looks like 3 to me.....
Err.. huh?  That doesn't make much sense.
Title: Re:Silly Programmers
Post by: Grok on April 22, 2003, 12:03 PM
Quote from: pileofcrap on April 22, 2003, 11:02 AM
isnt HEX a combination of 2 characters? that looks like 3 to me.....

http://members.aol.com/M206ou/m206/M206_Smalltalk_tutorial_ascii.htm#NumberSystems

Title: Re:Silly Programmers
Post by: pileofcrap on April 22, 2003, 04:13 PM
yeah i was thinking of something completly different.... ive been so damn busy with my new business that i guess i wasnt thinking straight.
Title: Re:Silly Programmers
Post by: Yoni on April 22, 2003, 06:37 PM
+1 to Grok for finding a technical document on aol.com.
Title: Re:Silly Programmers
Post by: Grok on April 22, 2003, 07:02 PM
Quote from: Yoni on April 22, 2003, 06:37 PM
+1 to Grok for finding a technical document on aol.com.

Haha, I didn't even notice.  That's a true needle in the haystack.