This is the Message Centre for The Gook, a.k.a. Sir Loin of Beef, the Master-at-Arms: Thingite Armoury, and his wolf Yoink.
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Ztik, the god of dark and shadowy things. Posted Jan 24, 2003
Oops. That was supposed to say.
Convert the BINARY to base 10, then convert the base 10 to letters.
(1001 in binary is 9, which is I.)
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Lady Scott Posted Jan 24, 2003
Well, now you're just intentionally confusing me.
How does 1001 become 9?
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Ztik, the god of dark and shadowy things. Posted Jan 24, 2003
1*8+0*4+0*2+1*1.
8+0+0+1.
9.
That's how.
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Lady Scott Posted Jan 24, 2003
How did 1001 become 1*8+0*4+0*2+1*1?
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. Posted Jan 24, 2003
'Parently so.
I learned binary for about 10 minutes once. Promptly forgot it.
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs Posted Jan 24, 2003
3 succesive teachers have attempted to teach me binary, all have failed.
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Lady Scott Posted Jan 24, 2003
I think they're giving up on me, too...
It's just that it doesn't appear to make any sense at all.
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Angelecon, angelic warrior creator of crystalic weapons of all sorts Posted Jan 24, 2003
*gets confused b binary explainations*
TICKLE TORTURE 
*fires thousands of tickle feathers at everyone cuz he's so messed up*
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Ztik, the god of dark and shadowy things. Posted Jan 24, 2003
1001 becomes 1*8+0*4+0*2+1*1 because in binary, each column of numbers is worth twice the one to the right of it, as opposed to ten times as in base 10. So, the first column is worth 1, the second worth 2, the third is 4, the fourth is 8, the fifth is 16, and so on. You can also think of it in terms of 2 raised to a certain power; in that case, the first column is multiplied by 2^0, the second by 2^1, the third by 2^2, the fourth by 2^3, the fifth by 2^4, and so on. See, it's easy.
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Shea the Sarcastic Posted Jan 24, 2003
::just 
::
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jan 25, 2003
I know we are supposed to be situated above a space time continuum-mum-um rift but all these numbers are makiny ym poor feathered head spin. 
Who want's some Quantum Sigularity 
s ?
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Shea the Sarcastic Posted Jan 25, 2003
Now, *that's* more my speed! Please! 
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. Posted Jan 25, 2003
Oooh...
Hey, look at the numbers. 346 or so till this little forum reaches 10k.
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jan 25, 2003
drat and now I'm off to bed cos I have an exam tomorrow - (oh if only this was back at uni when I had no such worries and could happily stay up till all hours.)
Enjoy the milestone for me! 
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. Posted Jan 25, 2003
You're getting sedate in your old age. 
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Shea the Sarcastic Posted Jan 25, 2003
You should know ... 
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jan 25, 2003
remember when N3 got to 10,000. - I still have the 
- whose for rubbing QO's nose in it - Thingism now has TWO threads to breach the all important 10K mark.
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. Posted Jan 25, 2003
Woohoo!
Shea -
Key: Complain about this post
The next person to change the subject is a thuhead.
- 9641: Ztik, the god of dark and shadowy things. (Jan 24, 2003)
- 9642: Lady Scott (Jan 24, 2003)
- 9643: Ztik, the god of dark and shadowy things. (Jan 24, 2003)
- 9644: Lady Scott (Jan 24, 2003)
- 9645: Shea the Sarcastic (Jan 24, 2003)
- 9646: Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. (Jan 24, 2003)
- 9647: Ralph the Wonder Llama and André the dodo; Excrement Occurs (Jan 24, 2003)
- 9648: Lady Scott (Jan 24, 2003)
- 9649: Angelecon, angelic warrior creator of crystalic weapons of all sorts (Jan 24, 2003)
- 9650: Ztik, the god of dark and shadowy things. (Jan 24, 2003)
- 9651: Shea the Sarcastic (Jan 24, 2003)
- 9652: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jan 25, 2003)
- 9653: Shea the Sarcastic (Jan 25, 2003)
- 9654: Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. (Jan 25, 2003)
- 9655: Shea the Sarcastic (Jan 25, 2003)
- 9656: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jan 25, 2003)
- 9657: Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. (Jan 25, 2003)
- 9658: Shea the Sarcastic (Jan 25, 2003)
- 9659: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jan 25, 2003)
- 9660: Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents. (Jan 25, 2003)
More Conversations for The Gook, a.k.a. Sir Loin of Beef, the Master-at-Arms: Thingite Armoury, and his wolf Yoink.
Write an Entry
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."