I want one!

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:05 am

For the geek squad!

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/search.d ... ode=WATBIN

Post by **Kaylee** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:39 am

ooooh!! soo cool!

Not as good as the poster of Pi with 10,070 digits of pi on it! But better than (one of my personal faves) the SQL shirt:

SELECT * FROM Users WHERE clue > 0;

NO ROWS RETURNED;

....im such a geek

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:38 am

On a similar theme, these popped up in the b3ta newsletter last week:

http://flickr.com/photos/adactio/30957385/
http://www.widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=36818

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:49 am

Yes!

I want one too

but the clock!!! how does it work?

Post by **Kaylee** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:40 am

Top 4 (i think?) light show hours:

[] [] [] []
8 4 2 1

so if:

[*] [] [*] []
8 4 2 1

Are illuminated its 10 o'clock

Minutes work the same:

[] [] [] [] [] []
32 16 8 4 2 1

so

[*] [] [] [*] [] []
32 16 8 4 2 1

Would be 36 minutes

{is a geek

}

EDIT- haha cool hexadecimal clock, rob

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:47 am

thanks Karl! But I already knew how the binary works, I meant the hexadecimal one.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:54 am

the hex one has 12 points onit. counts 00-09, so thats 12-9 o'clock, then because there is no # 10 you start again with 0A, 0B, 0C

Post by **Kaylee** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:59 am

Hexadecimal is a base 16 number system, so instead of counting to 9 then recycling to 0 again and putting a 1 in the 'tens' column, you count up to 15 (F) then recycle back to zero and put a 1 in the 16 column.

Hence a hexadecimal clock (I think its a mistake on the one in the pics, but its a novelty anyway so its not that important) should go:

1 o'clock
2 o'clock
3 o'clock
4 o'clock
...
9 o'clock
A o'clock (10)
B o'clock (11)
C o'clock (12)

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:07 pm

Yes, I know how hexadecimal works (my father is a math teacher and told me when I was 8

) but what I meant was why is the clock counting to 16?

Post by **Kaylee** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:11 pm

Eline wrote:Yes, I know how hexadecimal works (my father is a math teacher and told me when I was 8 ) but what I meant was why is the clock counting to 16?

Because the designer thought a hexadecimal clock means (as one of the comments said) putting the hexadecimal numbers in a circle then sticking it on top of a clock. Its impossible to tell the time 'using' the hex numbers provided- the day isn't divided into 16 segments.

edit- reading the comments, it seems the clocks have been roundly ridiculed for this oversight hee hee