So if 111 = 7, each column except the furthest right is a value of 2? Like, furthest right is 1s, and then moving left is 2s, 4s, 8s, and then....? Does the value of the rows double as you progress left? Would 16s be next, and then 32s?
Exactly.
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Hil R. - Dec 13, 2005 6:34:03 am PST #9577 of 10003
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Steph L. - Dec 13, 2005 6:34:38 am PST #9578 of 10003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
So if 111 = 7, each column except the furthest right is a value of 2? Like, furthest right is 1s, and then moving left is 2s, 4s, 8s, and then....? Does the value of the rows double as you progress left? Would 16s be next, and then 32s?
Exactly.
So, 111111 = 63?
Hil R. - Dec 13, 2005 6:35:34 am PST #9579 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
So, 111111 = 63?
Yep.
Steph L. - Dec 13, 2005 6:36:10 am PST #9580 of 10003
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
So, 111111 = 63?
Yep.
Weird. But kind of elegant, too.
flea - Dec 13, 2005 6:36:33 am PST #9581 of 10003
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§ ita § - Dec 13, 2005 6:36:57 am PST #9582 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They do double as you move along, and they double because it's base two, and each column is raised to the power of the base.
So the decimal columns are one, ten, a hundred, etc. The octal columns are one, eight, sixty four, etc...
Deena - Dec 13, 2005 6:37:25 am PST #9583 of 10003
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vw bug - Dec 13, 2005 6:38:07 am PST #9584 of 10003
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Hil R. - Dec 13, 2005 6:39:56 am PST #9585 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Weird. But kind of elegant, too.
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Ginger - Dec 13, 2005 6:43:22 am PST #9586 of 10003
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