Let's count in Binary!

[Serunson]

I don't think this has been done before, but why not try it, it's tech related in a way:
I shall start
0

[jbennet]

i might make a rival thread where we count in BCD (binary coded decimal)

1 in binary: 00000001 (assuming 8 bit word lenth)

e.g 101 in BCD= 0001 0000 0001
as opposed to 01100101 in binary.

dont you know that as you do electronics? - its used in clocks and stuff

[Serunson]

Yes i am aware of Binary and BCD Bennet. :P
I can make circuits that work, can you? I doubt it :D
Binary is easier to understand though than BCD for some people.

[jbennet]

but not for clocks. with BCD less calculation is required as you can increment individual segments at a time (e.g you dont want to have to retotal the whole time every second - that would require extra cpu cycles)

[nav33n]

:( I only know binary !

[jbennet]

go in binary then

2 = 00000010

[nav33n]

3=00000011

[jbennet]

4 = 00000100

[nav33n]

5=00000101

[Salim9]

Correct me if i am wrong

6= 00000111

[Serunson]

yes u are wrong :P
6 = 00000110

7 = 00000111

[Salim9]

hehehe .... twas a wild guess .. but can you please gimme the exact formula how to calculate the binary numbers ... !!
Actually i lost my notes ..!!

[Serunson]

Right:
The next number to the left is double the previous number. So the pattern goes like this:
0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0
64 32 16 -8 - 4 - 2 - 1
and so on from 64 -> 128 -> 256 etc.
Remember the number to the left is double the previous one.

[scudzilla]

8 = 00001000

I have no idea why I bothered to add 4 zeroes before the true value >.

[jbennet]

for those who dont understand binary

in denary/base 10 (our system we use as humans)

it goes

Thousands | Hundreds | Tens | Units

etc...

In binary it goes

64|32|16|8|4|2|1| etc.....

e.g
00000101

in this case there is one four and one one so it is = 5

[Serunson]

I think i just explained that mate :P
9= 1001

[Salim9]

hey thanks for the expl... i think now i get it ..

10 = 01010

[jbennet]

yeah thats correct :)

[Serunson]

11 = 01011

[scudzilla]

12 = 1100