From: Alan Riddell (pkpeekee_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 06 2002 - 19:40:14 PST
>From: Stephen Turner <sret1_at_ntlworld.com> >To: Fantasy Rules Committee <frc_at_trolltech.com> >Subject: Re: 176:9 INVALID, -1.0 >Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 22:56:11 +0000 (GMT) > >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. IMO zero = 0 base 10 one = 1 base ten, and similarly for numbers up to 9. In a similar style if I said ten I would mean 10 (= 11 in base 10). The only confusion is in the "teens" but this is easily fixed if the notaion "onety" is introduced. e.g. (base 10) one = 1 two = 2 ... nine = 9 aye = 10 onety = 11 onety-one = 12 onety-two = 13 ... onety-nine onety-aye twenty twenty-one. also hundred has to be taken to mean 11^2 (base 10), thousand 11^3 (base ten) etc. besides this point I would argue 1 = "one" and 0 = "zero", thus wrtting "one" is equivalent to wrting 1. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- Rule Date: 2002-02-07 08:33:40 GMT
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