Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:05:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IkLJs-0006Fl-CU for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:05:24 -0700 Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.191]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IkLJq-0006Fe-B6 for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:05:24 -0700 Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b22so1405014rvf for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:05:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=x9hN7zBh1VTaVuM/CFMnlgpYe2n5y8O9hHLd51XdQu8=; b=ahmEN7wYDYTAuVDImWvgUCd81JuV74Z/87fGwOX18rRgvIYwH6HKZY9HvOa+N/OPRDT1VMi3nYcCRiNXBY7XKHfRFN6ekcJdUkOAzCvGMCurMx1hVAJe5hmGYGIU2nD2PRdekDzi9ICNZtdIh9UzqXDrBSk5X3B5/T6i9M9a1t0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Ujx4canbtBK9sFZ9l4oRQpDgydyT9RFZBkHuKxhILQv2b9794fEvLMHTCH0Ey+oIF8Nc4ogFEw72swINSj3BmPESeE1tBrjx/ClyhKPsmkk98rGqmYwsd0I3ZYbl7xHCzvpgJxNDFzsspkuPkYN6nF1aNjstes39qiBjf6A9l3k= Received: by 10.141.20.7 with SMTP id x7mr101073rvi.1193151920856; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:05:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.123.14 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:05:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <97f5058c0710230805r571d9b0n9ad38db0d0d7fb54@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:05:20 +0800 From: Penguino To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Hexadecimal number names In-Reply-To: <2204fa080710230800s44876c54pe1a8455e5a3d0b96@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_849_22876861.1193151920833" References: <471DEE68.3010705@houseofholden.net> <71550650710230633v3e7af3adu1ca8a6cf2d0a1ca@mail.gmail.com> <2204fa080710230800s44876c54pe1a8455e5a3d0b96@mail.gmail.com> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 5545 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: spheniscine@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners Content-Length: 4414 ------=_Part_849_22876861.1193151920833 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Same reason people use base 16 on paper. Do you really want to say {panonopa nonopapa papapano} etc.? On 10/23/07, Jared Angell wrote: > > Why base 16? Why not use base two? > > On 10/23/07, Yoav Nir wrote: > > Here ya go. > > Assuming that you're learning through L4B, it's in lesson 5. > > > > dau > > > > 10 > > fei > > > > 11 > > gai > > > > 12 > > jau > > > > 13 > > rei > > > > 14 > > vai > > > > 15 > > > > > > > > On 10/23/07, Lance Holden wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm new to the language (and hence this list). As a programmer I find > > > the function/argument approach of the language fascinating and it > seems > > > to me more natural to learn than a 'natural' language (though I may > > > rethink this the more I try to learn). > > > > > > The first thing I'm interested in; I've read of the debate about > whether > > > lojban should use base-10 or base-16 numbers. I see the list of > base-10 > > > numerals but I haven't seen anything for a base-16 number. Is there an > > > extra set of number words (something past so)? Or are abu. by. cy. (or > > > tcy.), etc. used like the computer hex does (A-F for 10-15)? > > > > > > Lance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Jared > > "There is no emotion, there is peace; there is no ignorance, there is > knowledge; there is no passion, there is serenity; there is no > death, there is the Universe" > > "Work smart when you can and hard if you must" > > "When a system is corrupt then it's time for a reformat" > > "Open Source: The light side of computing. It's never too late to join" > > > > ------=_Part_849_22876861.1193151920833 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Same reason people use base 16 on paper. Do you really want to say {panonopa nonopapa papapano} etc.?

On 10/23/07, Jared Angell < angell.jared@gmail.com> wrote:
Why base 16?  Why not use base two?

On 10/23/07, Yoav Nir < yoav.nir@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here ya go.
> Assuming that you're learning through L4B, it's in lesson 5.
>
> dau
>
> 10
> fei
>
> 11
> gai
>
> 12
> jau
>
> 13
> rei
>
> 14
> vai
>
> 15
>
>
>
> On 10/23/07, Lance Holden < lance@houseofholden.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm new to the language (and hence this list). As a programmer I find
> > the function/argument approach of the language fascinating and it seems
> > to me more natural to learn than a 'natural' language (though I may
> > rethink this the more I try to learn).
> >
> > The first thing I'm interested in; I've read of the debate about whether
> > lojban should use base-10 or base-16 numbers. I see the list of base-10
> > numerals but I haven't seen anything for a base-16 number. Is there an
> > extra set of number words (something past so)? Or are abu. by. cy. (or
> > tcy.), etc. used like the computer hex does (A-F for 10-15)?
> >
> > Lance.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>


--
Jared

"There is no emotion, there is peace;  there is no ignorance, there is
knowledge;  there is no passion, there is serenity;  there is no
death, there is the Universe"

"Work smart when you can and hard if you must"

"When a system is corrupt then it's time for a reformat"

"Open Source: The light side of computing.  It's never too late to join"




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