Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:31:53 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT again: Re: hexidecimal literacy Message-ID: <14963.26745.224477.652544@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20010128.252500@bartequi.ottodomain.org> References: <14963.8033.752142.149320@guru.mired.org> <20010127.20140200@bartequi.ottodomain.org> <14963.13797.116165.382738@guru.mired.org> <20010127.22394200@bartequi.ottodomain.org> <14963.21950.110019.468965@guru.mired.org> <20010127.23473800@bartequi.ottodomain.org> <xzpbssspmes.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20010128.252500@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
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Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> types: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > On 1/28/01, 1:09:47 AM, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> wrote > regarding Re: OT again: Re: hexidecimal literacy: > > Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> writes: > > > I was thinking of a *positional* system of the kind a*(base raised to > > > 0) + b * (base raised to 1) + ... > > Yes. > > 11111 in unary is 1*(1^0) + 1*(1^1) + 1*(1^2) + 1*(1^3) + 1*(1^4). > > This ahem "system" is a little curious: eg how do you represent, erm, > 0 ? With bells (and whistles) ? :-) As 0, of course. Personally, I write unary with 5 symbols: | - / \ O, in order, and with five of them overlapped. > With just one symbol, you are somewhat limited, aren't you ? OTOH, 0 > is (maybe) the most important number in the history of maths... Ok,ok, > I have too much Algebra and Analysis in mind. :-) Nothing wrong with that. Well, Algebra, anyway :-). <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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