Re: Binary base correction
Chris, on host 198.70.210.121
Thursday, August 19, 1999, at 22:15:06
Binary base correction posted by Wolfspirit on Thursday, August 19, 1999, at 15:39:29:
I've been wondering-- is there an EASY way to count in binary? And transcribe numbers the other way 'round? 'Cause I always end up going 1, 10, 11.... I think that's right.
> > > > I am still 10^5 however. > > > > > > > > > > You mean 10^1001, don't you? > > > > Sort of. I should be 10^101 if we are to be fully consistent. Unless you are thinking of a different method. > > > > (Hey, now there's an interesting mathematical coincidence... 2^5 and (10^101 or 10^5) just happen to be equally descriptable! Cool. And I am also palindromic...) > > Um, if I'm going to make math jokes it helps to get them right. So that should be, > > 10^5 or 100000 in Binary and (10^101 which is 2^5 in Base-10) are numerically equivalent. > Therefore, 10^5 = 2^5 in a loose manner of speaking. > > > > And Famous, congratulations... You'll be a *fully* palindromic 10101 when Nov 24th rolls around :) > > > > Wolfspirit
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