Base 10 is MEANINGLESS!

[arichi]

Today's observation: "base 10" is meaningless in the idea of distinguishing bases. No matter what base (>=2) that I'm in, "base 10" refers to that base!

Comments

[anonymous_cowar]

I shall from now on refer to base b as base (b-1)+1 to apease you. For example base 9+1.

[evox3]

Then say "base ten". "Ten" represents a strict quantity since it's in English. "10" is the numeric representation of "ten" in decimal. It's also the numeric representation of "two" in binary.

[perminisconious]

"10" is the numeric representation of "ten" in decimal. It's also the numeric representation of "two" in binary.

I think that was the point--"10" is also 16 in Hex, and 8 in Octal. This carries over to all bases. If I made up base 36, where the first 10 digits were the numbers, and this was followed by the 26 letters of the alphabet, number 36 would be represented by "10".

[rosalindlancast]

I see geeky people.

[evox3]

I'm fully aware. If Mike is complaining that the nomenclature of "10" is ambiguous, I'm offering a non-ambiguous alternative, and reasonings as to why it is non-ambiguous.

Yeesh.