Comments on: Thought of the Day: How do YOU pronounce 0x10c?

By: Sir Action Script

Sir Action Script — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:13:02 +0000

I pronounce it “blue” as that’s what color hex 10c is. Try it in Photoshop.

By: thade

thade — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:07:47 +0000

bah. that link didn’t post because wordpress tried to “help me”
Here:
http://www.0x10cforum.com/forum/m/4932880/viewthread/2701772-pronunciation-0×10

By: thade

thade — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:05:53 +0000

From Notch himself.

@_James_H yes—
Markus Persson (@notch) April 03, 2012

By: Phedre

Phedre — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:26:13 +0000

I think c= 1.348079356.

By: sente

sente — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:03:55 +0000

It is quite clear from the web site (http://0x10c.com/) what it means and quite humorous explanation also (if you are or have been an assembler geek, that is…)

The prospect of doing some in-game assembler coding sounds quite nice, would not mind that;)
Although would not mind either to perhaps build a Forth interpreter on top of it.

By: Targeter

Targeter — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:58:45 +0000

I’ll be pronouncing Notch’s new game 0×10^c…. “Steve.” It’s simple, concise, and gets straight to the point. When I play it, I’ll be “Steven it up” and if I’m pining for it, I can just say, “Man, I miss Steve.”

By: Neo

Neo — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:28:43 +0000

I would call it zero light speed becouse i think x10 is 0 and c is light speed

By: Aufero

Aufero — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:47:04 +0000

As someone who still has fond memories of coding in 6502 and 65C816 Assembly, I pronounce it with a rather embarrassing girly squee.

By: Stabs

Stabs — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:58:50 +0000

How timely. An Eve without the dickishness. At least potentially.

By: Talarian

Talarian — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:39:54 +0000

@Goodmongo

You misinterpreted my post I’m afraid. I know that 0x is not a hex number by itself. As per my original post, it is a *prefix* denoting a hexadecimal number.

However, I have further proof that it really is just 0×10 to the power of c (or 12 in Hex):

http://www.intuitor.com/hex/words.html

10^c = trillek = 1,0000,0000,0000 (Base 16) = 281,474,976,710,656 (Base 10)

“It’s now the year 281 474 976 712 644 AD”, which is 1988 (the Launch year) + a trillek in Base 10.

So yes, it’s actually just a number, 0×10^c. You can use exponents in Base 16, just like you can in Base 10, and if you’re going to have the base be in Base 16, you certainly better ensure your power is also Base 16. Mixing Bases in a single equation is highly confusing in mathematical notation.

So yeah, definitely not the Speed of Light, so I agree that it’s a number and not a constant.

Finally, Notch actually confirmed how to pronounce it: https://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/187274697799499777

“Ten to the c”