From thinkit8@lycos.com Tue Oct 02 07:33:47 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: thinkit8@lycos.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 2 Oct 2001 14:33:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 71494 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2001 14:33:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 2 Oct 2001 14:33:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n27.groups.yahoo.com) (10.1.2.135) by mta1 with SMTP; 2 Oct 2001 14:33:46 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: thinkit8@lycos.com Received: from [10.1.10.107] by n27.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Oct 2001 14:33:46 -0000 Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:33:44 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: possible A-F... Message-ID: <9pcj88+5jcq@eGroups.com> In-Reply-To: <2b.1c20df01.28eb22e0@aol.com> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Length: 1107 X-Mailer: eGroups Message Poster X-Originating-IP: 24.4.255.70 From: thinkit8@lycos.com --- In lojban@y..., pycyn@a... wrote: > Thanks. With the better spacing and rab spir's guide, I now see what you > meant. Sorry I don't use monospace -- I don't seem even to have it as an > option. > > It does seem odd that a hex fan would not know how to count through the > digits, though I don't know how standard the count is. I learned it in the > 60's so it is not exactly novel, though capitalizing zen is probably left > over from philosophy or duodecimalism. > > Also odd that you use the 7-bar matrix but can't describe figures in it: > horizontals from the top 1-2-3, verticlas left-to-right, top to bottom A,B, > C, D. hmm, a 7-bit number would be much more efficient. > The competitors to hex are not binary and quartenary by decimal and > duodecimal and, rationality notwithstanding, decimal wins hands down. > Rationality coming into play would have duodecimal winning. Hex comes after > 60, probably. you give no reason for decimal other than tradition, which is such a lazy and meaningless defense. i've given the reason for hexadecimal-- it is a power of 2.