What is all the hype about 11/11/11? For starters, 111111 is the last number on the binary numerical system. But what is bittersweet for me, is this is the first and most likely last binary date of my life. Hence the reason I took a page shot of it on my computer. The next time that a date will look like the last binary number will be 100 years from now and chances are I won’t be here even though I will be a young 125 years old (smile wink).
Binary is a numeric system that uses 1s and 0s, on and off, to represent real numbers going from 0 - 111111. Your keyboard strokes and computer languages get converted into binary language for the computer to understand. Think of your computer being made up of a bunch of light switches and each switch controls one light bulb. You control the switch by setting it to 0, for off and 1 for on; 111111, would translate to all the lights being on.
111111 converted to a number is 63; which converted into a character is “?”, which leaves me with the question, do you think a hundred years ago, they were celebrating such a monumental occasion? Of course, for as long as there was life, Geeks roamed the planet.
I had a friend tell me "11/11/11 11: is binary code for 'Get a Life'". My response was, "Actually, 01000111 01100101 01110100 00100000 01100001 00100000 01101100 01101001 01100110 01100101 is 'Get a life' in Binary". I showed him!
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