From pycyn@aol.com Tue Oct 02 07:39:02 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 2 Oct 2001 14:39:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 67715 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2001 14:39:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 2 Oct 2001 14:39:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-d06.mx.aol.com) (205.188.157.38) by mta2 with SMTP; 2 Oct 2001 14:39:01 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-d06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31_r1.7.) id r.84.1c49b4c6 (4404) for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:38:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <84.1c49b4c6.28eb2b7c@aol.com> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:38:52 EDT Subject: Re: bases [was: Re: [lojban] Re:HEX advert... (Don't know what it was) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_84.1c49b4c6.28eb2b7c_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10535 From: pycyn@aol.com --part1_84.1c49b4c6.28eb2b7c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 10/2/2001 9:18:49 AM Central Daylight Time, thinkit8@lycos.com writes: > lojban by default is hexadecimal. there may be notes in the refgram > to the contrary, but they are in error. the presence of 16 digits > clearly indicates hexadecimal. feel free to assume decimal and risk > being misunderstood...why is it so hard just to use "ju'u dau"? > As an expert in "saying it often enough will make it so," I have to advise you that this one does not have a ghost of a chance of working. The extra digits -- and note that they are markedly different from the first ten -- we thrown in, as the text says, to satisfy the hobbyist and/or fanatic and for computerists. But all the texts are uniformly unambiguous in saying that the default base, the one used with {ju'u}, is ten. Do stop saying to the contrary; it irks people (another thing I am an inexpert in). --part1_84.1c49b4c6.28eb2b7c_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 10/2/2001 9:18:49 AM Central Daylight Time, thinkit8@lycos.com writes:


lojban by default is hexadecimal.  there may be notes in the refgram
to the contrary, but they are in error.  the presence of 16 digits
clearly indicates hexadecimal.  feel free to assume decimal and risk
being misunderstood...why is it so hard just to use "ju'u dau"?


As an expert in "saying it often enough will make it so,"  I have to advise you that this one does not have a ghost of a chance of working.  The extra digits -- and note that they are markedly different from the first ten -- we thrown in, as the text says, to satisfy the hobbyist and/or fanatic and for computerists.  But all the texts are uniformly unambiguous in saying that the default base, the one used with {ju'u}, is ten.  Do stop saying to the contrary; it irks people (another thing I am an inexpert in). --part1_84.1c49b4c6.28eb2b7c_boundary--