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I thought it was: There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who were expecting a base 3 joke.

• cgtyoder 12y ago
  It really is: There are 10 kind of people in the world: Those who know binary, those who don't, and those who start counting from zero.
  • indians_pro 12y ago
    >and those who start counting from zero. That kills the joke. 'off-by-one' is subtler.
  • TeMPOraL 12y ago
    There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who know binary, those who know ternary, those who know base four, ..., and those who know that every base is base 10.
  • peapicker 12y ago
    It really is: There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who know hexadecimal, and F the rest...