Binary is fun :) If I'm not mistaken I'll get a binary wristwatch for xmas. It has got 2 sets of lights (4 and 6) that tell hours and minutes. I guess it's a bit geeky, but then so am I :) http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/6a17/ Terje -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] På vegne av Jasmine Lee Sendt: 6. desember 2005 11:54 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: [Speed cubing group] Re: Achievements
This discussion reminds me of a t-shirt I saw on thinkgeek.com: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/5aa9/zoom/ Wouldn't this have been a good t-shirt for a certain cuber to wear on Beauty and the Geek? ;) Jasmine http://speedcuber.blogspot.com On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 23:26:29 -0000, "Stefan Pochmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Hi Per, > no, the point is that a number and a representation of a number > are > not the same. You can't even write down or tell me a number - at > all! > Only a representation of the number you mean. For example, you > write > "10 seconds" and I can only *assume* that you mean "ten > seconds", but > maybe you're talking binary and mean "two seconds"? The > *representation* of a number can look "round", never the number > itself. Firstly because it doesn't look at all, and secondly > because > in different representations it can look differently. In some of > them > it might look "round", in others not. Got it now? Distinguish > between > numbers and their representations, that's all. > Cheers! > Stefan > P.S. Even saying "two" or "ten" is not much better than "2" or > "10", > since maybe the word "two" means a different number for you than > it > does for me. Or if you're a weird alien from Mars and use the > same > notation as we humans but with the digit symbols '0' and '7' > swapped, > then "3.00" will not look round for you because it'll look to > you like > "3.77" looks to us which we wouldn't call "round". > --- In [email protected], "Per Kristen > Fredlund" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Stefan ! > > > > Im trying to understand ur way of thinking but i think u are > > seriously mistaken. If u talk about rounding off errors that's > > another matter. The concept of integers is well founded in > maths and > > in reality. U can indeed have exactly 10 stones or 42 apples > or > > whatever. Measuring 10 seconds (10.00) on a computer won't > mean that > > we know that there are infinitely many 0's after the comma. > But > > noone says it does mean so either ;-) It is just the human > mind that > > wants to simplify and say: hey 10.00 that's *exactly* 10 (the > > natural number 10). Oh well, this has nothing whatsoever to do > with > > cubing ;-) > > > > Sorry guys ... (+ guyesses) > > > > -Per > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Stefan > Pochmann" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bob Burton" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Round numbers are just there to bother you. > > > > > > The whole concept of "round numbers" is flawed already, in > my > > opinion > > > these don't even exist. For example, you might consider > "10.00" to > > be > > > a round number, but that's not really the number, only one > out of > > > infinitely many representations of it. In binary it would > already > > look > > > like "1010" and just imagine what happens if you take for > example > > Pi > > > as base. Or the representation where you'd write > "XXXXXXXXXX", > > which > > > doesn't look any rounder than "XXXXXXXXX". Or... etc. Not > even 0 > > > (zero), which looks the same and "round" in many used > > representations, > > > looks like a round number anymore when I represent numbers > by > > writing > > > them the "normal" way after subtracting 42. > > > > > > Cheers! > > > Stefan > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "[1]speedsolvingrubikscube" on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the [3]Yahoo! Terms > of Service. > ___________________________________________________________ > > References > > 1. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube > 2. > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] cribe > 3. http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail _____ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "speedsolvingrubikscube <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] scribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . _____ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
