Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 21:35:38 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: treznor@sunflower.com Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT again: Re: hexidecimal literacy Message-ID: <14963.37770.653122.239807@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20010128031709.47337.qmail@web10602.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20010128031709.47337.qmail@web10602.mail.yahoo.com>
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Tyler McGeorge <millioncheese@yahoo.com> types: > Well, technically, if a unary system, you could only > have one numeral present. So choose between 0 and 1. > > As 0, of course. Personally, I write unary with 5 > > symbols: | - / \ O, > > in order, and with five of them overlapped. All five symbols mean the same thing; the differences just help keep track of where the tally is. Most people just use two: four |'s and then a / through them all. Using 5 means you don't even have to bother counting the elements of a group tofigure out when to do the / through them all. <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
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