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Random Thoughts.....What are you thinking?
 Caitsith.Zahrah
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By Caitsith.Zahrah 2013-01-03 16:52:31
I love to learn as well but learning binary just seems so totally pointless. You will never need to be able to read it in anything you ever do.
/shrug
We're just goofing around. It's as dead as Latin, but who knows? Maybe I'll get a question about how binary works while playing Bezzer Wizzer or Trivial Pursuit one night.
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By Asura.Bluespoons 2013-01-03 16:53:38
Oh ***, Blue! Is it hereditary or spontaneous? You had another child before this pregnancy, right?
The one I have is incredibly common. It's basically an extra electrical wire in my heart. Sometimes it causes the signals in my heart to loop and it makes my heart rate jump from 70ish to about 190. I was born with the extra wire dealy, and actually you could have it too, or anyone else in the thread, you just don't know it because it doesn't 'activate'. It doesn't do any harm, just sucks really. The stress of being pregnant makes it happen more often.
In most cases, they can fix it by sending a catheter up to your heart and 'burning' the extra dealy, but mine is too close to my normal rhythm that there's a huge chance it would throw my heart out of whack and I'd need a pace maker so they just monitor mine.
Jesus Christ! Do the odd palpitations have any effect on the blood circulated to the fetus? They wouldn't recommend an evasive surgery during your pregnancy, right? Are you still in the first or second trimester?
It's not harmful to me or baby at all. All it really does it make your heart go nuts like you just ran a damn marathon. I guess it can be dangerous to either of us if I pass out, it makes me hella light headed sometimes, but passing out isn't common for me. I'll be 18 weeks on Monday. Got a quick appt tomorrow to check fetal heart rate and then Thursday we find out what we're having. They'll give me a c section @38 weeks at the latest, but not for the heart reason. Everything seems just fine right now!
Well, that's good news! You must be ecstatic! Why are they going to induce you a tad earlier?
I had to double up on my iron supplements. The only problem I've had was my anemia resurfacing a bit. Food aversion to fried chicken that's been the only thing.
lol the only thing I've really craved this whole time is fried chicken! I had to take extra vitamins for a while, but it was totally okay because the only ones that stay down are the chewy flintstones ones lol
I have to have a c section, no choice in the matter. Our first baby passed away at 41 weeks from something so rare, none of the doctors involved with me then had ever seen it and it has no name. Because they have no idea wtf happened, I'm not allowed past a certain point just as a "well maybe this will help" sort of thing.
spoilered because debbie downer
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By Odin.Minefield 2013-01-03 16:53:43
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By Aeyela 2013-01-03 16:53:52
/shrug
We're just goofing around. It's as dead as Latin, but who knows? Maybe I'll get a question about how binary works while playing Bezzer Wizzer or Trivial Pursuit one night.
Ironically, over christmas binary did come up in our game, but it wasn't how to read. Something about the first binary reader ever made or something. My sister's answer was the best, "1010".
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By Asura.Bluespoons 2013-01-03 16:54:20
I can't imagine the need to be able to do the Spock hand thing, but I spent days teaching my hands to be able to. Honestly, I feel cooler being able to do it.
Well that's just swell.
Hateful little thing, aren't ya
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By Aeyela 2013-01-03 16:55:26
Hateful little thing, aren't ya
I've never watched Star Trek, I don't know what the hand sign is. I was being polite and not ignoring you. D:
By Jetackuu 2013-01-03 16:55:40
Now just teach her to count in oct and hex.
Things that aren't practical information for me, I take it? LOL!
Just easier ways to manipulate/show binary numbers.
like the number 255 is 255 in decimal.
FF in hex.
1111 1111 in binary.
377 in octal. (according to a calculator, was too lazy to look it up).
the hexadecimal number system employs the 0-9 of the decimal system plus the letters A-F.
so A = 10, B=11, C=12, D=13, E=14, F=15
(some of you may recognize the number 255 as certain max stats in certain games, others may remember the "99" limit, well it was imposed instead of an even "100" due to the limitation in size, same thing with the whole y2k phenomenon.
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By Asura.Bluespoons 2013-01-03 16:56:40
Hateful little thing, aren't ya
I've never watched Star Trek, I don't know what the hand sign is. I was being polite and not ignoring you. D:
I never watched it either. Basically all of my friends, my bf, his sister etc all watched it and think it's the ***and would make fun of me for not being able to do it :\
edit- dis, btw
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By Jetackuu 2013-01-03 16:57:11
I love to learn as well but learning binary just seems so totally pointless. You will never need to be able to read it in anything you ever do.
/shrug
We're just goofing around. It's as dead as Latin, but who knows? Maybe I'll get a question about how binary works while playing Bezzer Wizzer or Trivial Pursuit one night.
oh I wouldn't say either are "dead" but binary is definitely not "dead."
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By Aeyela 2013-01-03 16:57:27
I never watched it either. Basically all of my friends, my bf, his sister etc all watched it and think it's the ***and would make fun of me for not being able to do it :\
You have goofy siblings!
 Cerberus.Eugene
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2013-01-03 16:57:28
Now just teach her to count in oct and hex.
Things that aren't practical information for me, I take it? LOL! hex does have some practical purposes, particular in network and memory addressing.
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By Aeyela 2013-01-03 16:59:35
oh I wouldn't say either are "dead" but binary is definitely not "dead."
Well, the literal definition of a dead language is a language no longer being used in any country around the world. Latin is, by definition a 'dead' language but people still learn it. It's also a good language to learn, as it forms the basis for many words from the languages spoken around Europe and other parts of the world.
And binary is not dead as every single computer around the world uses it, but it's uses outside of being interfaced with by programmes is virtually non-existant.
I really wasn't being snarky. I can't think of any programmes that will allow you to input binary into their code to construct things anyway, even if you can understand or speak it.
 Carbuncle.Skulloneix
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By Carbuncle.Skulloneix 2013-01-03 17:02:10
I never watched it either. Basically all of my friends, my bf, his sister etc all watched it and think it's the ***and would make fun of me for not being able to do it :\ HAH! You couldn't?!?!?! Loser! here, have a frosty
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Caitsith.Zahrah
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By Caitsith.Zahrah 2013-01-03 17:02:58
Oh ***, Blue! Is it hereditary or spontaneous? You had another child before this pregnancy, right?
The one I have is incredibly common. It's basically an extra electrical wire in my heart. Sometimes it causes the signals in my heart to loop and it makes my heart rate jump from 70ish to about 190. I was born with the extra wire dealy, and actually you could have it too, or anyone else in the thread, you just don't know it because it doesn't 'activate'. It doesn't do any harm, just sucks really. The stress of being pregnant makes it happen more often.
In most cases, they can fix it by sending a catheter up to your heart and 'burning' the extra dealy, but mine is too close to my normal rhythm that there's a huge chance it would throw my heart out of whack and I'd need a pace maker so they just monitor mine.
Jesus Christ! Do the odd palpitations have any effect on the blood circulated to the fetus? They wouldn't recommend an evasive surgery during your pregnancy, right? Are you still in the first or second trimester?
It's not harmful to me or baby at all. All it really does it make your heart go nuts like you just ran a damn marathon. I guess it can be dangerous to either of us if I pass out, it makes me hella light headed sometimes, but passing out isn't common for me. I'll be 18 weeks on Monday. Got a quick appt tomorrow to check fetal heart rate and then Thursday we find out what we're having. They'll give me a c section @38 weeks at the latest, but not for the heart reason. Everything seems just fine right now!
Well, that's good news! You must be ecstatic! Why are they going to induce you a tad earlier?
I had to double up on my iron supplements. The only problem I've had was my anemia resurfacing a bit. Food aversion to fried chicken that's been the only thing.
lol the only thing I've really craved this whole time is fried chicken! I had to take extra vitamins for a while, but it was totally okay because the only ones that stay down are the chewy flintstones ones lol
I have to have a c section, no choice in the matter. Our first baby passed away at 41 weeks from something so rare, none of the doctors involved with me then had ever seen it and it has no name. Because they have no idea wtf happened, I'm not allowed past a certain point just as a "well maybe this will help" sort of thing.
spoilered because debbie downer
The Flintstones ones are actually good! I hate choking down pre-natals on a daily basis. I just hate taking pills in general.
God! I'm really sorry. I know you spoke previously about an abortion. I didn't know you had to carry him/her to full-term.
Cerberus.Eugene
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2013-01-03 17:03:07
oh I wouldn't say either are "dead" but binary is definitely not "dead."
Well, the literal definition of a dead language is a language no longer being used in any country around the world. Latin is, by definition a 'dead' language but people still learn it. It's also a good language to learn, as it forms the basis for many words from the languages spoken around Europe and other parts of the world.
And binary is not dead as every single computer around the world uses it, but it's uses outside of being interfaced with by programmes is virtually non-existant.
I really wasn't being snarky. I can't think of any programmes that will allow you to input binary into their code to construct things anyway, even if you can understand or speak it.
Whether or not you count in it, its important to understand binary exactly because of the reasons Jet pointed out earlier. Programs (games) still have variable caps of things like 255, for a reason, and binary explains exactly that. It also why a Megabyte is 1048576 bytes and not 1000000 bytes.
Whether or not you're actually writing in binary isn't really important. But it is important to understand it because the whole computer architecture is built on 0 & 1.
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By Asura.Bluespoons 2013-01-03 17:03:49
Carbuncle.Skulloneix said: »I never watched it either. Basically all of my friends, my bf, his sister etc all watched it and think it's the ***and would make fun of me for not being able to do it :\ HAH! You couldn't?!?!?! Loser! here, have a frosty
*** OW, man!
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/nom
thanks
Now to get a bunch of groceries for supper, then end up making sammiches because idgaf!
Bismarck.Kelhor
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By Bismarck.Kelhor 2013-01-03 17:04:09
Binary isn't a language. Binary is an "alphabet", as that metaphor goes, and machine code (assembly) is the language used by the processor (and varies, depending on the model of processor).
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By Aeyela 2013-01-03 17:04:37
Whether or not you count in it, its important to understand binary exactly because of the reasons Jet pointed out earlier. Programs (games) still have variable caps of things like 255, for a reason, and binary explains exactly that. It also why a Megabyte is 1048576 bytes and not 1000000 bytes.
I guess it's just matter of opinion whether it's important or not. I know variable caps in certain programmes I work with are 255, but I don't need to know why to know that they are.
FYI, I understand how binary works... So just discussing really.
 Bismarck.Misao
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By Bismarck.Misao 2013-01-03 17:04:42
-cuffs Skull to a bullet train-
By Jetackuu 2013-01-03 17:05:10
oh I wouldn't say either are "dead" but binary is definitely not "dead."
Well, the literal definition of a dead language is a language no longer being used in any country around the world. Latin is, by definition a 'dead' language but people still learn it. It's also a good language to learn, as it forms the basis for many words from the languages spoken around Europe and other parts of the world.
And binary is not dead as every single computer around the world uses it, but it's uses outside of being interfaced with by programs is virtually non-existant.
I really wasn't being snarky. I can't think of any programs that will allow you to input binary into their code to construct things anyway, even if you can understand or speak it. ftfy.
1. Latin is great to know for medical terminology.
2. I don't really give 2 shits about literal definitions.
3. Understanding binary is part of understanding hex, and there are plenty of programs that allow you to enter hex edit information.
old game-genie's worked on this premise.
game save editors work on this premise.
certain web coding works on this premise (that I can think of off the top of my head: colors).
Cerberus.Eugene
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2013-01-03 17:05:44
Binary isn't a language. Binary is an "alphabet", as that metaphor goes, and machine code (assembly) is the language used by the processor (and varies, depending on the model of processor). At its essence it's a counting system. How you count is relatively arbitrary. Most likely we developed using base 10 because we have 10 fingers.
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By Asura.Bluespoons 2013-01-03 17:05:55
Oh ***, Blue! Is it hereditary or spontaneous? You had another child before this pregnancy, right?
The one I have is incredibly common. It's basically an extra electrical wire in my heart. Sometimes it causes the signals in my heart to loop and it makes my heart rate jump from 70ish to about 190. I was born with the extra wire dealy, and actually you could have it too, or anyone else in the thread, you just don't know it because it doesn't 'activate'. It doesn't do any harm, just sucks really. The stress of being pregnant makes it happen more often.
In most cases, they can fix it by sending a catheter up to your heart and 'burning' the extra dealy, but mine is too close to my normal rhythm that there's a huge chance it would throw my heart out of whack and I'd need a pace maker so they just monitor mine.
Jesus Christ! Do the odd palpitations have any effect on the blood circulated to the fetus? They wouldn't recommend an evasive surgery during your pregnancy, right? Are you still in the first or second trimester?
It's not harmful to me or baby at all. All it really does it make your heart go nuts like you just ran a damn marathon. I guess it can be dangerous to either of us if I pass out, it makes me hella light headed sometimes, but passing out isn't common for me. I'll be 18 weeks on Monday. Got a quick appt tomorrow to check fetal heart rate and then Thursday we find out what we're having. They'll give me a c section @38 weeks at the latest, but not for the heart reason. Everything seems just fine right now!
Well, that's good news! You must be ecstatic! Why are they going to induce you a tad earlier?
I had to double up on my iron supplements. The only problem I've had was my anemia resurfacing a bit. Food aversion to fried chicken that's been the only thing.
lol the only thing I've really craved this whole time is fried chicken! I had to take extra vitamins for a while, but it was totally okay because the only ones that stay down are the chewy flintstones ones lol
I have to have a c section, no choice in the matter. Our first baby passed away at 41 weeks from something so rare, none of the doctors involved with me then had ever seen it and it has no name. Because they have no idea wtf happened, I'm not allowed past a certain point just as a "well maybe this will help" sort of thing.
spoilered because debbie downer
The Flintstones ones are actually good! I hate choking down pre-natals on a daily basis. I just hate taking pills in general.
God! I'm really sorry. I know you spoke previously about an abortion. I didn't know you had to carry him/her to full-term.
They didn't know anything was wrong til after I had him. I was sent to be induced regularly cz I had an appt that morning that showed everything was just fine but his heart rate was funky.
The flintstones ones are awesome because they taste like fruit snacks >.> If I didn't know it'd hurt me, I would have prolly eaten the bottle in one go when we first got them. Only 2 a day is depressing tbh
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Carbuncle.Skulloneix
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By Carbuncle.Skulloneix 2013-01-03 17:05:55
-cuffs Skull to a bullet train- Sounds kinky...
 Bismarck.Lillica
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By Bismarck.Lillica 2013-01-03 17:06:13
Binary isn't a language. Binary is an "alphabet", as that metaphor goes, and machine code (assembly) is the language used by the processor (and varies, depending on the model of processor).
My intro to programming teacher put basically this on our midterm. I don't think anyone got it right.
 Valefor.Sehachan
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2013-01-03 17:06:30
You people are boring today *goes to sleep*
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By Bismarck.Kelhor 2013-01-03 17:07:16
At its essence it's a counting system. How you count is relatively arbitrary. Most likely we developed using base 10 because we have 10 fingers.
Yeah, but I was trying to follow the existing metaphor ;)
By Aeyela 2013-01-03 17:07:18
ftfy.
1. Latin is great to know for medical terminology.
2. I don't really give 2 shits about literal definitions.
3. Understanding binary is part of understanding hex, and there are plenty of programs that allow you to enter hex edit information.
old game-genie's worked on this premise.
game save editors work on this premise.
certain web coding works on this premise (that I can think of off the top of my head: colors).
Whenever I get into conversations with you, I always end up wondering why I bothered. We're way ahead of schedule today though, you took two posts to come across abrasive.
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By Asura.Bluespoons 2013-01-03 17:07:20
You people are boring today *goes to sleep*
Shouldn't you be drunk?
By Jetackuu 2013-01-03 17:07:25
Binary isn't a language. Binary is an "alphabet", as that metaphor goes, and machine code (assembly) is the language used by the processor (and varies, depending on the model of processor).
oh instruction sets, how I loathe thee.
Knowing why something is the way it is is part of understanding it, truth be told.
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By Cerberus.Eugene 2013-01-03 17:07:36
Whether or not you count in it, its important to understand binary exactly because of the reasons Jet pointed out earlier. Programs (games) still have variable caps of things like 255, for a reason, and binary explains exactly that. It also why a Megabyte is 1048576 bytes and not 1000000 bytes.
I guess it's just matter of opinion whether it's important or not. I know variable caps in certain programmes I work with are 255, but I don't need to know why to know that they are.
FYI, I understand how binary works... So just discussing really. The lay person doesn't need to know why they cap out at that number, but I found the lessons useful when I was doing coding. They explain why you are structuring your code in particular way.
This is a thread that I found on another website I post at. It can be really really interesting. I thought it deserved a place here.
Post your random thoughts for the day here, or anything else that intrigues you.
For starters, is it possible to give constructive critism to someone who doesn't have a neck? I totally just walked by a girl who didn't. Someone isn't getting a necklace for Valentines day!
And who decided black and white can't be colors? I want to say a racist. I really do.
Inb4thisthreadgetsreallywtf
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