Thinkgeek

[KingBahamut]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/7a67/zoom/

I bought this keyboard today, and as Im doing so the first thought that goes through my head is....How many of you shop at thinkgeek. I know for myself personally I spend anywhere from 500 to 1000 dollars there a year buying all the cool stuff I can get my hands on. To date my favorite thing ever purchased from thinkgeek, the first thing I ever bought from them is my Binary Clock.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/led-binclock.jpg

[Zelut]

I browse thinkgeek quite a lot but never get up the nerve to buy anything. I've wanted that binary clock for some time now myself. I also like the weighted blank keyboard they have but I don't want to spend that much on a keyboard... the stuff is cool, but the prices are a little high.

[somuchfortheafter]

and shipping is very slow imo

[majikstreet]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/7a67/zoom/

I bought this keyboard today, and as Im doing so the first thought that goes through my head is....How many of you shop at thinkgeek. I know for myself personally I spend anywhere from 500 to 1000 dollars there a year buying all the cool stuff I can get my hands on. To date my favorite thing ever purchased from thinkgeek, the first thing I ever bought from them is my Binary Clock.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/led-binclock.jpg
I've browsed TG too.. I wish I could read binary!

[Kapre]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/7a67/zoom/

I bought this keyboard today, and as Im doing so the first thought that goes through my head is....How many of you shop at thinkgeek. I know for myself personally I spend anywhere from 500 to 1000 dollars there a year buying all the cool stuff I can get my hands on. To date my favorite thing ever purchased from thinkgeek, the first thing I ever bought from them is my Binary Clock.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/front/led-binclock.jpg
That's a clock? I thought it was a braille display. :)

I like the products in thinkgeek. Just dont have the money to buy the stuff that I want.

K

[WildTangent]

I need one of these...
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/755e/

:D

-Wild

[majikstreet]

I need one of these...
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/755e/

:D

-Wild
;)

Anybody know any good sites to learn binary?

[poofyhairguy]

I like the USB Foreman grills.

[BWF89]

Thinkgeek has some really cool stuff.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/books/nonfiction/7aba/

[Eight Bit]

I am a browser as well, although I might purchase some stuff once I can find some spare cash.

[bored2k]

I just browse. They are -IMO- extremely overpriced. Sure, they sell stuff that you can only get there, and I don't buy -nor care about- that "what you spend goes to help Linux" speech.

I'll tell you what I'd want though.. an Alarm_Clock/Pop_Tarts baker. Like.. you press the STFU button on the clock and a pair of Pop Tarts get rammed in your tooth.

[RastaMahata]

;)

Anybody know any good sites to learn binary? just use 2^x ;)
The main point is to use powers of two to write any number.
For example, use the following simple table:
2°=1
2¹=2
2²=4

Each power of two uses a space in an array.. so 2° is the first one, 2¹ is the second one, and so on. The trick is to turn on (1) or off (0) the powers :P

For example, if you want to write the number 3 in binary, you have to do 1*2¹+1*2°=3. That means you have to turn on the first 2 powers. So 3 in binary is 11.

To write 2, you have to turn on the second power of two (2¹), and leave the rest off (2°). So 2, in binary, is 1*2¹+0*2°=2. So 2 in binary is 10.

Do you want to write 5? 1*2²+0*2¹+1*2°=4+0+1=5. So 5 in binary is 101.

I hope you understand, as this is the first time I explain math in english :(

[oddabe19]

I bought my LINUX shirt from there... http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/sysadmin/59ce/ It's a really nice shirt, it has Tux on the back

i've actually had people come up to me and say 'Hey! That's tux!', I go 'How did you know that?' they usually say 'I don't know I just do', then I offer them a ubuntu cd... they don't take it :-(

[Ride Jib]

I need one of these...
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/755e/

:D

-Wild

I used to have one of those watches that could turn on/off tv's. I had a little fun with it one night in the Hard Rock Cafe. :smile:

[benplaut]

that is one helluva keyboard :o

i think i'm going to get a Linux case badge from them for my upcoming desktop :KS

[r0nin]

and shipping is very slow imo

Sorry, but that's not true. I've bought t-shirts there twice and they were shipped to Switzerland with five days. And they are very good quality too :)

[majikstreet]

just use 2^x ;)
The main point is to use powers of two to write any number.
For example, use the following simple table:
2°=1
2¹=2
2²=4

Each power of two uses a space in an array.. so 2° is the first one, 2¹ is the second one, and so on. The trick is to turn on (1) or off (0) the powers :P

For example, if you want to write the number 3 in binary, you have to do 1*2¹+1*2°=3. That means you have to turn on the first 2 powers. So 3 in binary is 11.

To write 2, you have to turn on the second power of two (2¹), and leave the rest off (2°). So 2, in binary, is 1*2¹+0*2°=2. So 2 in binary is 10.

Do you want to write 5? 1*2²+0*2¹+1*2°=4+0+1=5. So 5 in binary is 101.

I hope you understand, as this is the first time I explain math in english :(
No offense, but it makes no sense to me :(

[Mr. Electric Wizard]

that is one helluva keyboard :o

i think i'm going to get a Linux case badge from them for my upcoming desktop :KS

Reminids me of my two servers...
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=2427&d=1126831203

[BoyOfDestiny]

Let me see if I can make it easier. (This is just the basic, no signs, 2's comp, etc)
Let's say you want to know what 1 1 1 1 is.

So basically going from the left, you number from 2^0(1), 2^1(2), 2^2(4), 2^3(8)

8 4 2 1
1 1 1 1

that gives you 15 in binary

Now if you flip some bits (make them 0)
8 4 2 1
1 0 0 1

that gives you 9 in binary

16 8 4 2 1
1 0 0 1 1

that gives you 19.

Are you able to see the pattern?

:KS

[majikstreet]

No, I'm afraid I don't.

[HungSquirrel]

I have several shirts from there...Esc, power symbol, safe hex, fsck it, and a few others. My next one will be Joss Whedon is my Master Now.

[Lovechild]

No, I'm afraid I don't.

1001 = 9 because bits for 1 and for 8 are "enabled", all bits being a power of 2.

like this: 8 4 2 1

1101 would then be 8+4+1 = 13

Now next weeks class will be on octal counting.

[Lovechild]

I need to get my girlfriend one of those "I <heart> my geek" t-shirts.

[majikstreet]

1001 = 9 because bits for 1 and for 8 are "enabled", all bits being a power of 2.

like this: 8 4 2 1

1101 would then be 8+4+1 = 13

Now next weeks class will be on octal counting.
Still don't get it. :(

[earobinson]

;)

Anybody know any good sites to learn binary?
Maybe you could google it

I did and look what i found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_numeral_system

now i want this http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6b3b/

[Stormy Eyes]

I bought one of these (http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/5c3f/) a couple of years ago, but wore it out six months ago. Now I have a refurbished IBM PS/2 keyboard, the old-fashioned kind.

[nenotnom]

dubble post...

[nenotnom]

Binary:

1111111

Where: ( you read from right to left)
the first 1 means one
the second 1 means two
the third 1 means four
the fourth 1 means eight
the fifth 1 means 16
the sixth 1 means 32
the seventh 1 means 64
and so on....

so if you got: 10100111
you have: one 1, one 2, one 4, zero 8, zero 16, one 32, zero 64 and one 128 = 167

blame the beer if I'm wrong :cool:

I still don't really get the watch though.... =(

[Collin]

I really like think geek, a few years back I bought for about 600$ of books, a couple of tshirts (esc, arcade), coffee mugs, circuit board coasters, duct tape wallet I think that's pretty much it but I might have some other stuff lying around too.

Some of it are expensive but most of it pretty cool too, never had a complain with shipping either (live in canada)

[az]

This is what I buy for excitement:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1481&item=6806044371


It turned out to be two 64 meg. That's 128 megs of ram for three bucks Canadian.

[majikstreet]

I really like think geek, a few years back I bought for about 600$ of books, a couple of tshirts (esc, arcade), coffee mugs, circuit board coasters, duct tape wallet I think that's pretty much it but I might have some other stuff lying around too.

Some of it are expensive but most of it pretty cool too, never had a complain with shipping either (live in canada)
Why buy a duct tape wallet when you can make one yourself?