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Article #937Re: WHEN DOES [8] + [8] = [12] ?
From: Fidem Turbare, the non-existent ...
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:33
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 02:33
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On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:44:53 -0600 Odysseus <odysseus1479-at@yahoo-dot.ca> wrote: > In article <20120817083546.7a34a26669980ba581d77817@fidemturbare.com>, > "Fidem Turbare, the non-existent atheist goddess" > <goddess@fidemturbare.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:57:50 +0300 > > Krevo <aki.karppinen@tut.fi> wrote: > > <snip> > > > > Hexadesimal wants that [16D] = [10H], but that was > > > 14-basenumbering, and that's gor you got 14 gold-medals, in > > > Olympic-Games? > > > > No, Hexadecimal is base 16, not 14. The number 16D is not equal to > > 10H, for 16D equates to 365 in decimal, and 10H isn't a valid > > number in base 16 because the only available digits are > > "0123456789ABCDEF" (and if one ignores the "H" then 10 equates to > > 16 in decimal). > > It appears that the "D" and "H" in Krevo's post were not intended to > be digits, rather indicating the base in which the associated > numerals are written; I understood the first statement to say that > "16" in decimal refers to the same number as "10" in hexademical -- > which is indeed true. I agree, thanks. (Normally decimal doesn't need to be indicated, and typically isn't because of the ambiguity it leads to, plus the designating letters are normally expressed in lower case. It was obviously a mistake to take him literally.) -- Fidem Turbare, the non-existent atheist goddess "It's not religion that makes idiots; it's idiots that join religions." -- Barry O'Grady (March 5, 2012)
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Subject: Re: WHEN DOES [8] + [8] = [12] ?
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:33:36 -0700
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