IT Joke - Binary People

[Terry Giblin]

Has anyone heard this IT joke,

"There are only 10 types of people in the world -
those who understand binary, and those who don't."

Not to be confused with Adam Smith's famous quotation,

"All for ourselves, and nothing for other people..."

Its good to share.

Hope you enjoyed the joke.

Light in, Light out.

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.

Terry Giblin

[TobiasTheViking]

There are 10 types of people in the world.

Those who speak binary, those who don't, and those who speak tertiary.

[swampyankee]

Yes. I saw it quite a while ago on Perlmonks.

[jfribrg]

Then there was the computer programmer who starved to death in the shower. The instructions read "lather, rinse, repeat".

[sirjon]

There are 10 types of people in the world.

Those who speak binary, those who don't, and those who speak tertiary.

"Binary...Tertiary? Sorry,don't know them yet, I'm still in primary level (grade 1, elementary school)"...Joke...joke...joke!

[DonM435]

And four out of three people have trouble with fractions.

[sirjon]

And four out of three people have trouble with fractions.

I wonder who's that fourth...

[ggremlin]

Then the even older programming joke:

All errors can be traced back to the ID 10 T stack user interface.

[Strange]

Why do programmerss confuse Halloween and Christmas?

Because DEC 25 = OCT 31

[Downer]

Not to be confused with Adam Smith's famous quotation,

"All for ourselves, and nothing for other people..."

Here is the full quote:

All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.

The "..." part makes a big difference, don't you think?

[Sticks]

Oh the joys of quote mining

How many computer programmers does it take to change a light bulb?

None - That's a hardware problem

[FarmMarsNow]

ha ha ha

[slang]

All errors can be traced back to the ID 10 T stack user interface.

PEBKAC has been going through my mind all thread long

[nightmarepatrol]

Microsoft wants you to imagine a world without walls, they must mean a world without windows too. (I like it)

[Lurking Nerd]

PEBKAC has been going through my mind all thread long

I also heard about describing problems as being a PICNIC. (Problem In Chair, Not In Computer)

[jokergirl]

It's not a bug, it's a feature

*hides*

[Jens]

One I like a lot, from an old screensaver:

If architects built buildings the way that programmers build programs, the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.

[jokergirl]

"There's no place like 127.0.0.1."

[djred678]

Has anyone heard this IT joke,

"There are only 10 types of people in the world -
those who understand binary, and those who don't."

Terry Giblin

I thought binary for 2 was 00110010?

[Sarawak]

I thought binary for 2 was 00110010?

[Strange]

Hint: ASCII

[Sarawak]

Hint: ASCII

Ah. Got it. Thanks.

[dgavin]

People that program can be placed into four categories.

1. The Abstractor
2. The Mathematician/Logician
3. The Artisan
4. The Rariticians

The Abstractor insists that both users and coders should be protected from themselves, and no code should ever have direct access to hardware, including memory, without a pre-built protected interface. Commonly known now as Object Orientation.

The Mathematician/Logician insists that programs should be based on pure math and mathematical constructs only, including the programming languages themselves. Commonly known as write once write fast, and debug forever.

The Artisan insists on giving a user every thing they ever wanted, plus some things they didn't even ask for, with brilliant looking interfaces, stunning visuals and audio assistants, but can barely code themselves out of a wet paper sack. Commonly known as Spaghetti Coders.

The Rariticians have all three above talents, and use them equally well in their crafting of programs. Their code is maintainable and expandable for future needs, easy to read by most anyone, and designs appeal to users and programmers alike. Unfortunately we are NOT COMMON!

[dgavin]

Help Desk Call: The retractable cup holder on my PC is broken.

[dgavin]

Help Desk Call 2: The computer I just bought from you all isn't working in the box.

[dgavin]

Help Desk Call 3: The cat ate my computers mouse.

[dgavin]

Help Desk Call 4 (from old DOS days): There is this strange blinking line on my monitor!

[dgavin]

Help Desk Call 5: I think my computer gave me a virus.

[dgavin]

Help Desk Call 6: I thought this software was supposed to make banking simple and pain free? Why am I still bouncing checks when I'm out of money!?

[dgavin]

Help Desk Call 7 (also a real call if somewhat pollitically incorrect):

Caller: My new computer isn't working after I got it all set up.
Tech: What seems to be the problem with it?
Caller: Well it turns on ok, and windows starts up fine, but then it's asking me to register the computer with you before I can use it.
Tech: Was there some sort of error when you registered? Is it hooked up to the internet or a network properly?
Caller: No, and Yes.
Tech: Did the computer lock up when you tried to register it?
Caller: No
Tech: Can you tell me what's happening when you try to register your new computer?
Caller: I can't register it because....
Tech: Because? Can you explain further?
Caller: I don't have a green card.