[CALUG] June Meeting Announcement -- Binary Representation of Data

GG opn.src.rocks at gmail.com
Sun Jun 9 20:38:06 EDT 2019


Only zeroes? 

I'm from a 3rd world country and we had numbers from 0 to 9 ... And had to learn to write the numbers in 3 different languages. 

I will def make an effort to attend this meeting. Been a long time since I attended. 

⁣-Rajiv​

On 9 Jun 2019, 20:12, at 20:12, Thomas Delrue <thomas at epistulae.net> wrote:
>Zeroes and ones... pfff! Back in the day when I started, we only had
>zeroes... (and we were happy, Sir, we were happy!) Young'ens these
>days,
>they'll come up with anything!
>Ones...where do they even get these ideas?
>
>Seriously though, I'm looking forward to this talk! :)
>
>On 6/9/19 7:05 PM, Chuck Frain wrote:
>> Greetings All,
>> 
>> For the June 12, 2019 CALUG meeting we will be discussing Binary
>> Representation of Data.
>> 
>> You know that computers do their work in binary, in ones and zeroes.
>But
>> have you ever stopped to think about which ones? And which zeroes?
>Learn
>> the difference, at least to the computer between 1, 1, and 1, or more
>> precisely, 1.0, '1', and 1. No knowledge of programming is required,
>> although you mind learn some things that even highly-experienced
>> programmers do not know.
>> 
>> We will be hosted at the UMBC Training Center, located at 6996
>Columbia
>> Gateway Dr #100, Columbia, MD 21046. When you walk in through the
>mail
>> lobby make a right. We will be at the end of the hall in the last
>room
>> on the right. Our friends at Aplura will be providing the pizza and
>soda
>> starting at 6:30. The talk will start about 7pm.
>> 
>> We are looking for speakers for the upcoming months. If you have a
>topic
>> you would like to present on, please let me know and I’ll get you
>scheduled.
>> 
>> http://calug.org
>> https://www.umbctraining.com/Home
>> https://aplura.com
>> https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/museum/
>
>
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