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#1 2011-04-27 14:33:56

scimonster
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Have you ever counted in a different base?

Such as base 20, 12, or 2 for example.

Here is a base 20 I know of:

1) Yan
2) Tan
3) Tethera
4) Pethera
5) Pimp
6) Sethera
7) Lethera
8) Hovera
9) Covera
10) Dik
11) Yan-a-dik
12) Tan-a-dik
13) Tethera-dik
14) Pethera-dik
15) Bumfit
16) Yan-a-bumfit
17) Tan-a-bumfit
18) Tethera-bumfit
19) Pethera-bumfit
20) Figgot

Sounds easy, right?  tongue  I know it by heart.  wink

Base 12:

zero
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
dek
el
do

And people have come up with a whole lot of stuff to replace all of out base 10 and others, even time.

Base 2:
Come on, you know binary, right?  tongue



Discuss.

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#2 2011-04-27 16:21:46

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

Different bases have the same names for numbers I thought.

Like this:

Base 4:
0
1
2
3
10
11
12
13
20
21
22
23
30
31
32
33

Last edited by johndo77 (2011-04-27 16:22:13)


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#3 2011-04-27 16:23:30

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

Erm, bases..?


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#4 2011-04-27 16:27:07

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

some of those dont sound very kid friendly lol


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#5 2011-04-27 17:59:10

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

Our numbersystem is like Base 10, so yes, I have counted in Base 10.
EDIT: What about Base 261?
zero
one
two
three
four
you know...
until... the ten...
zera!
ona
twa
thra
fora
fiva
sia
sevee
eigha
nina
zerza
The next ones would be ya, xa, etc.

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#6 2011-04-27 18:10:49

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

One time I counted in 12, just to show off.
Then they were all like, "what?"
Then I hit them with Fibonacci


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#7 2011-04-27 18:16:25

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

I know, base 61, another one of my own bases.
all the original ones to 9...
Zee,
Olee,
Twee,
Foralee,
Fivalee,
Sixalee,
Sevalee,
Eighalee,
Ninallee,
ZeeAlee
ZeeBee
and so on.. but at 60 there's a twist:
...ZeeBeeBeeBeeBeeBeeSECRUL
"SECRUL" means second rule.  tongue

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#8 2011-04-27 18:22:49

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

Lol, this reminds me of Portal:

Glados:  Do you think that messes me up? 2+@ is...(weird electric sound)...10!  In base 4!  I'm fine!

I don't actually try to count in them, but occasionally I attempt to see if other bases make certain numbers relate to each other.


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#9 2011-04-27 22:32:52

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

I once spent minutes being amazed at how high I could count on my fingers in binary code.  Question: can you count in an irrational base?


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#10 2011-04-27 22:44:13

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

MoreGamesNow wrote:

I once spent minutes being amazed at how high I could count on my fingers in binary code.  Question: can you count in an irrational base?

Hmm...interesting question.  I think bases are supposed to be whole numbers excluding 0...but then again you can have things in base e (2.781828...) which isn't irrational, but isn't a whole number.  I guess you could do base pi or something, but it'd be terribly inconvient.


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#11 2011-04-27 22:47:44

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

zero
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
a
b
c
d
ten
eleven
twelve
thirteen
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
ateen
bteen
cteen
dteen
eteen
fteen
and so on.


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#12 2011-04-27 22:52:36

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

I turned in my math homework in base 2 once.

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#13 2011-04-28 00:01:20

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

Harakou wrote:

I turned in my math homework in base 2 once.

http://image.spreadshirt.com/image-serv … design.png

That's original! I really should try that sometime...


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#14 2011-04-28 00:42:57

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

Harakou wrote:

I turned in my math homework in base 2 once.

http://image.spreadshirt.com/image-serv … design.png

If I did that it wouldn't be original.  hmm
I know! Base 12!  big_smile

johndo77 wrote:

Different bases have the same names for numbers I thought.

Like this:

Base 4:
0
1
2
3
10
11
12
13
20
21
22
23
30
31
32
33

Some do, but not all.  wink

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#15 2011-04-28 01:01:33

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

I've had to count in hexadecimal:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
11
12
...


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#16 2011-04-28 01:42:18

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

Ufo (oo-foe)
Tufo (too-foe)
Trufo (troo-foe)
Tri (try)
Ufo-Tri
Tufo-Tri
Trufo-Tri
Tri-Tri
Ufo-Tri-Tri
Tufo-Tri-Tri
Trufo-Tri-Tri
Tri-Tri-Tri

And so on. The only Base 4 one I know, other than "1 2 3 10 11 etc.".

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#17 2011-04-28 01:47:58

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

And another one: Base 6.

Twen
Fren
Twat
Quenn
Mastu
Mustarar
Must-Twee
Must-Free
Must-Tweet (yes, tweet)
Must-Quee
Must-Mast
Must-Mu
Must-Mu-Twee
And so on. After "Must-Mu-Mast", it would be "Must-Mu-Mu". Also mustarar is pronounced must-tar-rawr, must is, of course, must, and mu is moo.

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#18 2011-04-28 06:19:55

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

What the heck is a base.

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#19 2011-04-28 06:22:31

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

Hexadecimal (BASE 16)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
1A
1B

And so on... (I think)


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#20 2011-04-28 07:08:16

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

-iNetMaster- wrote:

What the heck is a base.

A base is the base for counting; we use base ten generally.  It goes up to 10 and then restarts at 1.

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#21 2011-04-28 07:16:10

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

scimonster wrote:

-iNetMaster- wrote:

What the heck is a base.

A base is the base for counting; we use base ten generally.  It goes up to 10 and then restarts at 1.

No, it goes to 10, then it adds on to the second number, and for each ten it adds to the first number.

The base number can change that "10" into it's base number. In base 12, for example, it could be this:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
!
!"
until it gets to 10.

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#22 2011-04-28 07:56:46

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

rdococ wrote:

scimonster wrote:

-iNetMaster- wrote:

What the heck is a base.

A base is the base for counting; we use base ten generally.  It goes up to 10 and then restarts at 1.

No, it goes to 10, then it adds on to the second number, and for each ten it adds to the first number.

The base number can change that "10" into it's base number. In base 12, for example, it could be this:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
!
!"
until it gets to 10.

Yes, thank you for expressing it better than me.  smile

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#23 2011-04-28 07:59:20

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

I know one:

1
2
3
Plenty

tongue


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#24 2011-04-28 08:15:16

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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

geohendan wrote:

I know one:

1
2
3
Plenty

tongue

big_smile

Okay, here's 10 sweets for you geohendan! Joking, you got 4!

Here's my base 1:
0
00
000
0000
lol

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#25 2011-04-28 08:19:15

scimonster
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Re: Have you ever counted in a different base?

rdococ wrote:

geohendan wrote:

I know one:

1
2
3
Plenty

tongue

big_smile

Okay, here's 10 sweets for you geohendan! Joking, you got 4!

Here's my base 1:
0
00
000
0000
lol

Base one is terrible. Try counting to 1000 like that.  yikes

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