@Digital Frog that’s one of my favorite quips. Unfortunately, those who don’t understand binary don’t get it. For another nerd joke, check the latest Foxtrot http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2011/10/02
The funny this is that whenever there’s a computer/robot joke like this (especially in something like Futurama), the mechanoids speak binary. Very retro. It would be much more interesting if it was assembler. You’d have to pick a specific platform, but it would be just as fast, and you’d be able to debug the joke easier if the ’bot telling it got the punchline wrong.NOPJMP 0
I think the idea is that even the uninitiated recognize a string of ones and zeros as binary. If it were hex code or assembler, they wouldn’t even know what it was.
margueritem about 13 years ago
Trash talking robots…
Ida No about 13 years ago
100 1011110 1001110 1100110 1100010 0000111 1001110 1111111 0101
Bilan about 13 years ago
Which one is Rock’em and which one is Sock’em?
Coyoty Premium Member about 13 years ago
So that’s how the Galactic President candidates got into the ring.
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Can the trash, cans. Save it for the— Oh, that IS the debate.
James Hopkins about 13 years ago
Oh how I wish I knew binary….
rkirkley about 13 years ago
There are 10 types of people in the world….Those who know binary and those who don’t.
catqueen about 13 years ago
@jimmyh google binary converter
Varnes about 13 years ago
What ever happened to Battle Bots? I thought that was going to be the wave of the future………
GoodQuestion Premium Member about 13 years ago
No. 1 – E I E I ONo. 2 – O U 8 1 2No. 6 – B C N U….☻
Digital Frog about 13 years ago
There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that don’t.
awcoffman about 13 years ago
@Digital Frog that’s one of my favorite quips. Unfortunately, those who don’t understand binary don’t get it. For another nerd joke, check the latest Foxtrot http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2011/10/02
Ida No about 13 years ago
The funny this is that whenever there’s a computer/robot joke like this (especially in something like Futurama), the mechanoids speak binary. Very retro. It would be much more interesting if it was assembler. You’d have to pick a specific platform, but it would be just as fast, and you’d be able to debug the joke easier if the ’bot telling it got the punchline wrong.NOPJMP 0
awcoffman about 13 years ago
I think the idea is that even the uninitiated recognize a string of ones and zeros as binary. If it were hex code or assembler, they wouldn’t even know what it was.
Joe_Minotaur about 13 years ago
I have to deal with Fortran and Cobol, myself.
TheDOCTOR about 13 years ago
This is a takeoff of that Hugh Jackman Movie isn’t it? OR is the movie a takeoff of The Lee Marvin TWILIGHT ZONE episode of the same storyline? Hmmmm?
Sherlock Watson about 13 years ago
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Ermine Notyours about 13 years ago
I have an on again, off again relationship with binary.
Coyoty Premium Member about 13 years ago
I hope this doesn’t turn into “Brewster Rocky”.
corzak about 13 years ago
jmpl %r15+4,%r0
Ida No about 13 years ago
shark: jmp shark