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Post by fcg710647 on Oct 2, 2015 10:59:00 GMT -8
"Twelve" is only one syllable, is it hard to pronounce?
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Post by Buffoonery on Oct 4, 2015 11:54:22 GMT -8
Ha, simplicity... I like it, let's try it.
10: twelve 11: twelve one 12: twelve two 13: twelve three 14: twelve four ... 20: two twelve 21: two twelve one 22: two twelve two 23: two twelve three ... d0: dec twelve d1: dec twelve one d2: dec twelve two d3: dec twelve three ...
Ahh, it's alright, but it doesn't roll of the tongue... especially after the teens.
If we were to say something like 84: eightda four or 92: nineza two
ooooo, I like that last one "za" 10: za 11: za one 23: twoza three 66: sixza six
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Post by fcg710647 on Oct 4, 2015 13:16:42 GMT -8
Those are funny, I wonder how easily "score" would work if we counted in Vigesimal like Abe Lincoln briefly did in the Gettysburg address (four score and seven years ago) 205(decimal) = A5(vigesimal) = ten score five or dec score five 400(decimal) = 100(vigesimal) = score score or square score, twenty score is an extra syllable "thrix" still works for eighteen, "sieven" is good for 42 but I might want something with only one syllable.
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Post by fcg710647 on Oct 6, 2015 16:06:48 GMT -8
Tell you what, don't worry about 42, I chose a case-insensitive set of 30 total symbols for trigesimal (none of those extra syllables), which should be simpler to deal with mentally than even 36. These 30 extend the original 24 I had for quadrivigesimal.
0_1_2_3_4_5 6_7_8_9_t_r U_H_C_A_J_N y_G_P_b_F_L v_Z_w_D_K_m
Trigesimal fractions...
1/2 = 0.A 1/3 = 0.t 1/4 = 0.7A 1/5 = 0.6 1/6 = 0.5 1/7 = 0.48N48N48N48N48N48N... 1/8 = 0.3FA 1/9 = 0.3t 1/t = 0.3 1/r = 0.2bvJtD85HG2bvJtD85HG2bvJt... 1/U = 0.2A
What about the multiplication table?
Best digits: Half is A (fifteen), 1/3 and 2/3 are t and P The fifths are 6, U, y, and v (6, 12, 18, and 24 in decimal) 1/6 and 5/6 are 5 and Z (Z is 25 in decimal)
Moderate digits: Tenths are 3, 9, b, D Fifteenths are 2, 4, 8, C, J, F, w, K
Bad digits: 7, r, H, N, G, L (only primes above 5 but below 29, best possible deal)
What are the totals? 9 good digits, twelve moderate digits, and 6 bad ones. 36 and 42 both have ten bad digits.
Would trigesimal also be easier to transition to since it's a multiple of ten and we're used to decimal? Vigesimal doesn't have that crucial factor of 3.
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Post by Buffoonery on Jan 14, 2017 18:19:19 GMT -8
Something makes me feel uneasy about a base with its half being an odd number (A or Fifteen). In decimal, we have 5 as our half base and it means that if we cut that in half again, we get 2.5, which is kind of lame.
Another thing, if you sacrifice 1/4s for 1/5s, you must ask yourself, are you going to use 1/4 or 1/5 on daily operations?
Hmmmm, having only 6 bad digits is not bad though.
Would it be an easier transition? In my opinion, probably not, due to the extra numbers we'd have to memorize, ('t' to 'm').
I do like that factoring of 3, but 1/4 is meh.
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Post by fcg710647 on Mar 18, 2017 21:14:15 GMT -8
My favorite is 36 though. Highly composite, square, and two distinct prime factors. The only such number. If you try to sub-base it to avoid all those symbols, the easiest manner of doing so would just yield base 6, and we know that's too small and not divisible enough.
1/2 = 0.y 1/3 = 0.U 1/4 = 0.9 1/5 = 0.7777... 1/6 = 0.6 1/7 = 0.5555... 1/8 = 0.4y 1/9 = 0.4 1/t = 0.3aaaa....
A gross (dozen dozens) in alphadecimal would be 40, and a great gross 1U0.
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Post by alysdexia on Apr 19, 2019 22:24:09 GMT -8
For higher bases I have to include the case in the enunciation; J is sixteen but j is twenty-three so I have to say "big J" or "small J," "upper case" and "lower case" are much too long lol How about alphadecimal? So named because of 0-9 and A-Z usage, although those aren't my symbols. I could say 1/7 is "zero point big T recurring" because it's 0.TTTTTT.... in base thirty-six xD J ~ jae; j ~ juh. big:lite::great:small:mickel:littel. None of this is funny.
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