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gilgoomesh
on May 13, 2014
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Today at 16:53:20 GMT, it'll be 1400000000 in Unix...
That's like what? 0x53724E00? It's not even a round number. Silly humans.
sytelus
on May 13, 2014
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And why would you be so obsessed with round numbers? Silly pseudo-humans.
ozh
on May 13, 2014
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Yeah but 0x60000000 will be 14 Jan 2021 08:25:36 GMT, who knows if the internet will still exist by this time so we can celebrate?
kachnuv_ocasek
on May 13, 2014
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0x55555555 is in a year and two days. Tangible enough?
turbojerry
on May 13, 2014
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For those that may not get the joke the 555 is a timer chip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_timer_IC
nakkiel
on May 13, 2014
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And for those who don't get the other joke, "555" is the Thai equivalent of "lol".
kemo
on May 13, 2014
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nerds.
girzel
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What great pleasure this thread gave me. My Thai daughter confirmed the joke and, after a very painful explanation of bases, was laughing (tentatively) along with me.
kalleboo
on May 13, 2014
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0x60000000 will be fine. The internet won't end until at least 0x7FFFFFFF!
yiedyie
on May 13, 2014
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You meant internet as we know it.
swang
on May 13, 2014
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A real robot would be all, 1010011011100100100111000000000
dmitshur
on May 14, 2014
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Why would a real robot be using ascii characters 48 and 49?
return0
on May 13, 2014
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but why would you count time in hex?
mykhal
on May 13, 2014
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why not? why are you dividing a day into 24 parts, and them into 60 parts, and them again as well?
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