In any case, is 20 years up so I can finally sign the int?
Shh, not so loud! You can sign it, but only if you don't tell Satoshi. 
Topic: What is a "signed int"? (Read 2498 times)
In any case, is 20 years up so I can finally sign the int?
Try this one geeks...
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
Wouldn't that be 4 kinds of people?
10 in binary is equivalent to decimal 2
100 in binary is equivalent to decimal 4
LOL, I guess you missed it.
Please explain, because I'm still missing it.
Unless you are being a grammar nazi and viewing it as a list of 3 items instead of a clause followed by a list of two items because of the usage of a comma rather than a colon. If that's it then you should work on your comedy. If that's not it, you should still work on your comedy since it needs explanation.
Meh... Ok
It was the irrelevance of the number itself. 10 kinds of people, etc... at first glance you divide 5 get it, 5 don't get it. Same with 4, 2 get it, 2 don't get it.
Better yet would be: There is 1 kind of person that gets binary, the one that does and the one that doesn't.
My personal take on this joke:
There is 1 type of person in this world: those who expected a different joke.
Try this one geeks...
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
Wouldn't that be 4 kinds of people?
10 in binary is equivalent to decimal 2
100 in binary is equivalent to decimal 4
LOL, I guess you missed it.
Please explain, because I'm still missing it.
Unless you are being a grammar nazi and viewing it as a list of 3 items instead of a clause followed by a list of two items because of the usage of a comma rather than a colon. If that's it then you should work on your comedy. If that's not it, you should still work on your comedy since it needs explanation.
Meh... Ok
It was the irrelevance of the number itself. 10 kinds of people, etc... at first glance you divide 5 get it, 5 don't get it. Same with 4, 2 get it, 2 don't get it.
Better yet would be: There is 1 kind of person that gets binary, the one that does and the one that doesn't.
Try this one geeks...
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
Wouldn't that be 4 kinds of people?
10 in binary is equivalent to decimal 2
100 in binary is equivalent to decimal 4
LOL, I guess you missed it.
Please explain, because I'm still missing it.
Unless you are being a grammar nazi and viewing it as a list of 3 items instead of a clause followed by a list of two items because of the usage of a comma rather than a colon. If that's it then you should work on your comedy. If that's not it, you should still work on your comedy since it needs explanation.
Try this one geeks...
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
Wouldn't that be 4 kinds of people?
10 in binary is equivalent to decimal 2
100 in binary is equivalent to decimal 4
LOL, I guess you missed it.
Try this one geeks...
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
Wouldn't that be 4 kinds of people?
10 in binary is equivalent to decimal 2
100 in binary is equivalent to decimal 4
Try this one geeks...
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
Wouldn't that be 4 kinds of people?
There are 10 kinds of people, those that know binary and those that aren't really bothered by this quote not ending the way they thought it would.
Ooh, I found one.
Try this one geeks...
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
There are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary, and those that don't.
It's the "within the next 25 years" part that makes the quote funny. Representing time with a signed int doesn't become a problem for a long time, so Satoshi was being sarcastic.
Am I the only one who finds this quote funny? Maybe it needs more context.
Am I the only one who finds this quote funny? Maybe it needs more context.
Necro!
It turns out that this post contains an error; representing time with a signed int will in fact become a problem in only 25 years—exactly what Satoshi said.
Thread necromancy is better than starting a new thread, because things are less fragmented. Plus, this is the newbie section, and more topics on the same subject are exactly what it needs less of.
this thread wins.
I found another one too!
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No! That's a framed int.!pic
It's signed too.
I don't get it 
It's a lame joke, to use an alternate meaning of "signed" integers, besides "to include the negatives of non-zero natural numbers".
If only signed ints included the negatives of all non-zero natural numbers.....
I found another one too!
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No! That's a framed int.! pic
I don't get it
It's a lame joke, to use an alternate meaning of "signed" integers, besides "to include the negatives of non-zero natural numbers".
I found another one too!
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