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Article #944Re: WHEN DOES [8] + [8] = [12] ?
From: Fidem Turbare, the non-existent ...
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 05:53
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:56:46 -0700 (PDT) Graham Cooper <grahamcooper7@gmail.com> wrote: > [KREVO] > Hexadecimal wants that [16D] = [10H] > but that was 14-base numbering > > [ATHEIST GODDESS] > 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). > > [ODYSSEUS] > 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. > > [ATHEIST GODDESS] > 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.) > > > Oh God your correction was for real? > > [16D] = [10H] Hexadecimal Yes, 16 (16 in decimal) is equal to 10h (10 in hexadecimal). > I thought you were taking the piss.. I don't understand your comment. > Here's a clue: and 10H isn't a valid number That was my first read on it. I am interested in finding objective truth though, and people do make mistakes, so I don't see a problem with considering corrections in the name of impartiality (at least). -- Fidem Turbare, the non-existent atheist goddess "Babies are one of my specialties. Growing up, I performed my own circumcision." -- Dwight Kurt Schrute III
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From: "Fidem Turbare, the non-existent atheist goddess" <goddess@fidemturbare.com>
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