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No it's not. Did you read the Wiki that Heatmeister posted? I would recommend you do.
i dont think you know what you're talking about...so please stop spreading worthless info
No. ...I wrote it.
In the binary number system, the base (in binary) is 10
In the octal number system, the base (in octal) is 10
In the decimal number system, the base (in decimal) is 10
In the hexadecimal number system, the base (in hex) is 10
...in the binary number system, there is no such thing as "2"
LK
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I did.
In base 2, you would represent 2 as "10".
In base 8, you would represent 8 as "10".
In base 10, you would represent 10 as "10".
How doesn't this make sense?
EDIT: whoops, LK beat me to it.
Huh? It says right in that Wiki:
"However, any real number can be represented with any base. Some commonly used positional numeral systems with bases other than 10 are..."
What the hell are you talking about there is only base 10? It seems you are contradicting yourself.
Actually, that's not entirely true. My bad. For example, it's not possible to
exactly represent the real number 1.10 (decimal) as a binary number --
at least, not with a finite supply of #2 (decimal) pencils.
...free your mind from decimal prison,
LK
They're just being cute with the assumption of the interpretation between numerals (digits) and numbers (complete integers).
in binary/base two, "two" (2) is represented as "one-zero" (10), NOT "ten"
in octal/base eight, "eight" (8) is represented as "one-zero" (10), NOT "ten"
They were using our common interpretation as "one-zero" as a value of ten (the integer), while being pedantic and really meaning "one ten and no ones", base ten-speak.
So, in a purely Eddie Haskell kinda way, they are correct, but still (intentionally) misleading in the terms of commonly understood--and perfectly acceptable--useage.
(00100)
in binary/base two, "two" (2) is represented as "one-zero" (10), NOT "ten"
in octal/base eight, "eight" (8) is represented as "one-zero" (10), NOT "ten"
They were using our common interpretation as "one-zero" as a value of ten (the integer), while being pedantic and really meaning "one ten and no ones", base ten-speak.
So, in a purely Eddie Haskell kinda way, they are correct, but still (intentionally) misleading in the terms of commonly understood--and perfectly acceptable--useage.
(00100)
there are 10 kinds of people in this world. those that understand binary and those that don't lol
At least it's not a PC... they'd ship it with at least 50 more trial programs and maybe even some viruses and spyware.
I love pi, and thinking of things getting "heated" around here...
Hey, at least it's an
pie.
-jim
Hey, at least it's an
pie. -jim
