If we allow any number then, to be fair, we need to allow fractions. Like .00000000000001.
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Wolfram - Mar 13, 2003 4:39:27 pm PST #7493 of 10001
Visilurking
John H - Mar 13, 2003 4:42:45 pm PST #7494 of 10001
Any whole number! There's no such thing as Eric the half a Buffista!
Gandalfe - Mar 13, 2003 4:43:21 pm PST #7495 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I'm voting for -10000000000000000000000i.
John H - Mar 13, 2003 4:44:40 pm PST #7496 of 10001
OK then I'm going to vote for an imaginary number. The number of Buffistas needed is the square root of minus one.
Gandalfe - Mar 13, 2003 4:48:13 pm PST #7497 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Well, yeah. I voted for a large, negative imaginary number.
§ ita § - Mar 13, 2003 4:52:34 pm PST #7498 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I vote for 6AF3.
I mean, we haven't specified base 10 yet, have we?
John H - Mar 13, 2003 4:53:15 pm PST #7499 of 10001
Sorry. Missed the i on the end.
I now vote for a fractal number of Buffistas.
It wriggles around forever between zero and one, and no matter how much you ask it for more detail, keeps wriggling for ever.
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§ ita § - Mar 13, 2003 4:54:17 pm PST #7500 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Give it to us raw and wriggling!
Wolfram - Mar 13, 2003 4:59:14 pm PST #7501 of 10001
Visilurking
I think we need an irrational number. That's all I'm going to say.
Jesse - Mar 13, 2003 5:09:38 pm PST #7502 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
dying laughing
supporting the fractal suggestion