Re: 176:9 INVALID, -1.0

From: Stephen Turner (sret1_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: Wed Feb 06 2002 - 14:56:11 PST


On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Alan Riddell wrote:

> >Judgement: I interpret "all numbers in base 11" in 176:1 to imply that all
> >numbers must be written in digits. But this rule contains the words "zero"
> >and "one". (cf "must each contain at least 1 fantasy number" in your first
> >rule).
>
> I you had to read 1 + 0 aloud what would you say? The multiplicative
> indentity plus the additive identity???
>

Sure, if you had to read it aloud. But the question was not what to say, but
what to write.

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Rule Date: 2002-02-06 22:56:28 GMT


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