"There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't" what it mean?

Answer 1

10 in binary means 2 in base ten. Its a joke! Get it?
I thought it was pretty good!

Answer 2

Binary numbers consist of 1's and 0's so to translate into the ten digit system we use the sentence says there are only 2 people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't. You have to know binary in order to understand the saying.

Answer 3

In binary, there are only two digits: 1 and 0.

Thus, you would count like this:
0, 1, 10, 11, 100, 101.

Thus, the joke actually reads "there are TWO types of people in the world.."

Answer 4

The number 10(binary) is the value 2(decimal). So there are two types of people, people that realize that 10 in this case is refering to the value 2 and those that don't.

When you get right down to it, it really isn't that funny.

Answer 5

im not sure if it can be written as:

there are ten types...

oh, binary 2 is 10

could be written as: there are one zero types of people.... then.

Answer 6

IT MEANS SOME ARE GEEKS WHO CAN UNDERSTAND, TALK AND DEBUG IN BINARY FILES OF SOURCE CODE.THEY CAN EVEN PLAY MUSIC WITH YOUR DOT MATRIX PRINTER EVER TRIED IT!!!!!! THESE PEOPLE AREIN THE IST CATEGORY AND THE 9 REMAINING IS THE REST OF THE WORLD. MEANING THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY RARE ONLY 1 IN 10.

Answer 7

It means that you are one of those who doesn't.

Any geek explaining this joke is a TRAITOR lol

Answer 8

You are not a geek. That's what that means.

Answer 9

People who are alive = 1
People who are dead = 0