Today, October 10, 2010, Marks 101010 Binary Day
Many are curious why today’s date, October 10, 2010, has grown popular. If you are at all technologically inclined, you will understand that 101010 binary is basic computer code.
Binary numbers can be represented by sequences of bits, or binary digits. The basic operation used in the binary system is addition, as binary digits are added together to construct the code.
Several web sites are recognizing 101010 binary day. The 101010 binary code sums to 42.
101010 in binary: how many roads must a man walk down
Today is October 10th, 2010, whose date is popularly abbreviated 10/10/10. And while that’s as arbitrary of a reason to celebrate a day as any I’ve ever heard of, I’ll take it – mostly because unlike upcoming actual holidays like Halloween and Christmas, “101010? day requires me neither to dress up nor to go holiday shopping.
One is that computer programming class I took my freshman year of college, the one which convinced me how much I didn’t want to be a computer programmer. I’m not talking about super-long binary numbers, just the casual ones.
It’s just some grade school arithmetic, folks: 2+8+32. But here’s the kicker: the recent Coldplay song “42? and the eighties band “Level 42? aside, the first thing that comes to mind when I hear the number “42? is the good old Hitchhiker’s Guide To the Galaxy. Just don’t ask me what the question was.
