Re^2: My favorite model of computation is ...
by shmem (Chancellor) on May 02, 2017 at 20:34 UTC
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10 fingers and 10 toes
Computing in that model, please don't show me 132. Thanks. ;-)
perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'
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Yes, I think, 4 and 132 are the main reasons why we don't count binary with our fingers :-) (and 136, of course)
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Re^2: My favorite model of computation is ...
by marinersk (Priest) on May 21, 2017 at 05:10 UTC
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A simple technique I picked up somewhere permits counting to 99 on the hands -- left hand is the tens digit, right hand is the units digit, and the thumb counts for 5 fingers.
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This is my system too. It also works very well for tallying two different counts that occur simultaneously, if they're in the range of 0-9. Or in a pinch, -9-+9 or 0-19, using memory (short term) or hand inversion (long terms storage) for the extra bit.
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Re^2: My favorite model of computation is ...
by LanX (Saint) on May 07, 2017 at 14:02 UTC
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> 10 fingers and 10 toes? :-)
While others pointed to hexagesimal my first idea was vigesimal, a system which left traces in many European languages.
(To those who complain now French counting be to complicated, try Danish ... ;)
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Re^2: My favorite model of computation is ...
by chacham (Prior) on May 06, 2017 at 18:43 UTC
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Let's see, the hand can count to 12, making 60 with both hands. Or is that 144? Adding both feet, would be 1500, or 3600. Or, perhaps for the inhumanly dexterous, 20,736.
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Wow, I learn something new everyday. I never even thought about Sexagesimal before. :-)
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