Koeketiene
Well-Known Member
So true: two kinds of people...
- Thread starter Koeketiene
- Start date
westhinder
Well-Known Member
Lol
LittleSister
Well-Known Member
There are two types of people in the world,
Those who divide the world into two types of people,
And those who do not.
Those who divide the world into two types of people,
And those who do not.
BlueSkyNick
Well-Known Member
There are three types of people in the world,
Those who can count, and those who cant.
Those who can count, and those who cant.
ruaridhmaccallum
Active Member
There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
(Programmer's T-shirt favourite. Well it is an internet forum, someone had to say it sooner or later....)
Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
(Programmer's T-shirt favourite. Well it is an internet forum, someone had to say it sooner or later....)
Searush
Well-Known Member
two binary characters denote 4 states, not two, so there must be four types (I know 10 represents 2 decimal, but there is still 0 & 3 dec to be accounted for)
Donheist
Well-Known Member
There are two types of country in the world: ones we used to own and ones we didn't want
ruaridhmaccallum
Active Member
Eh?
Have I said something to offend you in the past?
This seems a rather po-faced and harsh response to my innocent attempt at humour.
Anyway, what has the potential number of states got to do with the value we are trying to express? When using one decimal character we can denote 10 states (0 to 9) so why did you not take issue with the OP?
How would you communicate, using binary, that there are exactly two of something?
In fact, please don't answer that, this started out as a funny thread......
Searush
Well-Known Member
It was meant to be a tease. Sorry if I upset you. It was meant to be a humorous parody of a computer nerd but so it goes.
Last edited:
kunyang
Well-Known Member
There are two types of people in the world those who understand humour and those who do not. I remember a long time ago, in the dim and distant past, when someone of this forum said 'what can I do in Liverpool when I visit the boat show' (that was a good idea), all I wrote was one word 'LEAVE', and the response was not pleasant.
Come to think of it, there are three types of people in the world, those who understand humour, those who don't and those who come from Liverpool!
Come to think of it, there are three types of people in the world, those who understand humour, those who don't and those who come from Liverpool!
nigelmercier
RIP
- Joined
- 20 Jun 2007
- Messages
- 16,234
- Location
- Live in Kent, boat in Canary Islands
Beat me to it.
capnsensible
Well-Known Member
There are two types of yacht owner.
Those with one yacht and those with more than one yacht.
I got two.
Those with one yacht and those with more than one yacht.
I got two.
Lakesailor
Well-Known Member
Anyway. They'll be in a different country soon.
ruaridhmaccallum
Active Member
OUCH!! Now I really AM upset! 
Actually I tried to be a computer nerd once but they wouldn't have me so now I'm a yacht broker; I think that shows a fairly good sense of humour!
I admit I missed the humour in Searush's post so now it's me who looks po-faced, I thought I'd just leave it.
Tomahawk
Well-Known Member
Where did you find it!
I have been looking for that one since 1990 when it first appeared...
There are a couple of others from that time ...
Sorry about the mess ....we doing a refit... That came put when I was refitting an old dredger for export to Portugal.
And ... not another boat Hagar... gave that to the boss after he bought yet another rust bucket... that one was on the Clyde and probably well known to all those who sail those waters...
I have been looking for that one since 1990 when it first appeared...
There are a couple of others from that time ...
Sorry about the mess ....we doing a refit... That came put when I was refitting an old dredger for export to Portugal.
And ... not another boat Hagar... gave that to the boss after he bought yet another rust bucket... that one was on the Clyde and probably well known to all those who sail those waters...
Melleman
Well-Known Member
So there is one more kind!
I don`t belive it.
The non boat people still use boats but for flowerpots and as beercooler filled with ice and so on.
mjcoon
Well-Known Member
As an apprentice to a computer company back in the 1960s I was charged with giving a talk to a group of schoolboys participating in an Open Day. This was at short notice (an hour or two) to fill in during a delay, and I was given binary arithmetic as a topic I should know something about. Still a daunting prospect, though. And of course in those days binary would not have been on the curriculum.
But I'm sure I would not have confused the number of states that can be represented by a notation (such as binary) with a particular value expressed.
I wonder if I could bamboozle a bank clerk when cashing a cheque for £10 by pointing out that two decimal digits can represent up to £99 so why don't they give me that amount instead?
Anyway, after that long as a computer nerd I guess it sticks to you forever, like a comfort blanket, through retirement...
Mike.
Koeketiene
Well-Known Member
Slow_boat
Well-Known Member
The have nots and the have yachts, according to Bono.
There are some in the lounge who appear to spend a lot of time proving that stereotype true.
There are some in the lounge who appear to spend a lot of time proving that stereotype true.
Tomahawk
Well-Known Member
You might also like this one
I wonder if that would work at the Southampton boat show?