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Article #941Re: WHEN DOES [8] + [8] = [12] ?
From: Odysseus
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:44
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:44
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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. -- Odysseus
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From: Odysseus <odysseus1479-at@yahoo-dot.ca>
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Subject: Re: WHEN DOES [8] + [8] = [12] ?
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:44:53 -0600
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