All good on paper but anyone pronouncing 21_base(N!=3Dten) as "Twenty One" =
is well off base IMO!



On 11 Apr 2014, at 15:20, "RussellMc" <apptechnz@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>> My age is written with all 1's
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>>>>                    Russell
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>>> You mean a binary number with 5 of them ???
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>> Or should that be 6 of them ???
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> *All ages >=3D 3_base10 can be written as "11" to some base*, but that's =
not
> what I meant.*
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> The suggestion that my age might be 11111_base2 =3D 31_base10 is
> "interesting".
> We'll keep you on.
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>    Russell
> ____
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> *  N base_(N-1) =3D 11.
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> So one can ALWAYS claim to be 11 next birthday. (And last birthday.)
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> Also all odd numbers_base10 =3D 21_base ((N-1)/2)
> so one can claim to be 21 again every second year.
> As women are (allegedly) known to reduce their claimed age, they can, by
> only taking 1 off the actual value every second year, and by choosing the
> appropriate base, always claim to be 21 (yet) again.
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> So the claim "I'm 21, give or take a year" is always correct.
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> Or one could alternate two statements.
> "I'm 21" in odd aged years.
> "I'm 21 next (or last) birthday" in even aged years.
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> Sounds legitimate
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