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G.W. Walker
 
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Default Binary numbering and how to teach a moron

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BigWallop wrote:

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In article ,
BigWallop wrote:


Thanks Colin. I've already started this, but I'm running out of paper
already. :-))



Ahem :-)


0 00000000
1 00000001
2 00000010
3 00000011
4 00000100
5 00000101

snipped
124 01111100
125 01111101
126 01111110
127 01111111



Been there. Done all this for him. But he still doesn't grasp the concept.


Ah well, it was worth a go :-)

Maybe he's just getting confused by the terminology, which
is why he's wondering why it's base 2 when there are no 2s,
just ones and zeros? Are there any software learning tools
which might help him I wonder?

G.