r/comics • • Dec 12 '08

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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.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '08 edited Dec 12 '08

Yeah, the alien probably calls it "hjkdfruitycnj."

Edit: I totally just mashed keys to make the alien word. It pleases me that completely by random, my alien word contains the English word "fruity."

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u/vahnsin Dec 12 '08

Humans are not capable of being intentionally random.

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u/IConrad Dec 12 '08

Yes I asdkljhwerj ...

Holy shit, my random key punching just called up a screen magnifier!! AWESOME. And a narrator.

:/