decimal

[Hexadecimal]

So I assume eveybody here is allergic to decimal, being science types. So how do you avoid it? At least we get a respite in time. But the better base, hexadecimal, isn't used enough. Sure you got HTML colors and pounds and pints, but we need more. So how do you spread the good word on hexadecimal?

 

[James R]

Why is hexadecimal better? What is it better for? Computers? Binary is even better for them. Something else?

I have ten fingers and ten toes. Decimal's good for me!

 

[Hexadecimal]

Originally posted by James R
Why is hexadecimal better? What is it better for? Computers? Binary is even better for them. Something else?

I have ten fingers and ten toes. Decimal's good for me!

Do you get a huge headache whenever you look at a clock?

 

[NightFall]

Do you get a huge headache whenever you look at a clock?

do you have a digital clock?

 

[Joeman]

In the place I live, heterosexual people don't use hexadecimal.

 

[Congrats]

Hi, Hexidecimal! I've heard a lot about you! By Hexidecimal, you mean yourself, and we don't then use hexidecimal becuase you really don't work here. Maybe the hexidecimal system would work better at another forum?

 

[Bebelina]

What is hexadecimal?

 

[Adam]

Bebelina

Unlike our usual number-system, base-10, hexadecimal is base-16, so has 16 single digits before you start re-using digits like in 11, 12, 12, and so on. The first six letters of the alphabet are used to represent the next six digits after 9

Base-10 (decimal) example:
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21, 22, ...

Base-16 (hexadecimal) example:
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f,
20, 21, 22...