Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:17:09 -0800 (PST) From: Tyler McGeorge <millioncheese@yahoo.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT again: Re: hexidecimal literacy Message-ID: <20010128031709.47337.qmail@web10602.mail.yahoo.com>
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Well, technically, if a unary system, you could only have one numeral present. So choose between 0 and 1. Unary systems are very viable. --- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> wrote: > 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 > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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