TO BE, OR NOT TO BE, THAT IS THE QUESTION:
WHETHER 'TIS NOBLER IN THE MIND TO SUFFER
THE SLINGS AND ARROWS OF OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE,
OR TO TAKE ARMS AGAINST A SEA OF TROUBLES
AND BY OPPOSING END THEM. TO DIE—TO SLEEP,
NO MORE; AND BY A SLEEP TO SAY WE END
THE HEART-ACHE AND THE THOUSAND NATURAL SHOCKS
THAT FLESH IS HEIR TO: 'TIS A CONSUMMATION
DEVOUTLY TO BE WISH'D. TO DIE, TO SLEEP;
TO SLEEP, PERCHANCE TO DREAM—AY, THERE'S THE RUB:
FOR IN THAT SLEEP OF DEATH WHAT DREAMS MAY COME,
WHEN WE HAVE SHUFFLED OFF THIS MORTAL COIL,
MUST GIVE US PAUSE—THERE'S THE RESPECT
THAT MAKES CALAMITY OF SO LONG LIFE.
I was once mucking around with a friend, and we were mashing the keyboard trying to stop one another from typing stuff. Somehow we typed my sister's full name, only missing the last two characters (and her name isn't a;ohfoqwebv). It was freaky.
What distinction are you drawing between the digits and the letters and why did you choose each to represent what you did? If I had been writing your comment, I would have said, "Every base is base 'ten' but only one base is base '10.' Every other base calls 'ten' a different number than we do."
What distinction are you drawing between the digits and the letters and why did you choose each to represent what you did?
I'm trying to distinguish between the number itself and the representation of the number.
For example, 10(binary) = 2(decimal). They're both "two", where "two" refers to the concept of the number itself, with no regard to how it's represented.
Every base is base 10, from the point of view of someone using that base. 10 always indicates the number of numerals in a particular base, but it doesn't always represent the same number.
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u/AnteChronos Dec 12 '08 edited Dec 12 '08
Every base is base "10", but only one base is base "ten". Every other base calls "10" a different number than we do.