Deep 6 FaWtL

[Mike Welham]

Naked grand theft auto?

[Freehold DM]

Man, these leather seats really chafe my nekkidness.

[Jess Door]

taig wrote:

"20/7" doesn't quite roll off the tongue like "24/7" does.

Ah, you'd get used to it very quickly. Besides, think of the monkey wrench it would throw into the whole metric system! All of the sudden imperial units of measure are no more inconvenient than the metric system!

[aeglos]

what are you guys doing?

why all the numbers?

[aeglos]

tonight we start Tempel of the Elemental Evil.

and I am Player, wohooo

I made a barbarian to multiclass into fighter

[Freehold DM]

Yes jess Door! I will join in your mathematical crusade! signs up for math elimination team

Jess Door wrote:

I believe we should switch from a base 10 system to a base 12 system.

This would create many improvement in our daily lives!!!

What numbers are easiest to do arithmatic with in your head?

2, 5, 10.

You know why?

Because we use a base 10 system, and only factors of 10 are 2 and 5.

If we switched to a base 12 system, arithmatic would become simpler, with oft repeated simple mathematical patterns, simply because there are so many more prime factors of 12. The factors of 12 are 2, 3, 4 and 6! There'd only be two additional digits to remember.

Let's say that 10 is α and 11 is ß. The digits, in order would be:

0123456789αß

multiplication table to 11x11:

.....0.....1.....2.....3.....4.....5.....6.....7.....8.....9.....α.....ß
---------------------------------------------------------------------
0|...0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0
1|...0.....1.....2.....3.....4.....5.....6.....7.....8.....9.....α.....ß
2|...0.....2.....4.....6.....8.....α...10...12...14...16...18...1α
3|...0.....3.....6.....9...10...13...16...19...20...23...26...29
4|...0.....4.....8...10...14...18...20...24...28...30...34...38
5|...0.....5.....α...13...18...21...26...2ß...34...39...42...47
6|...0.....6...10...16...20...26...30...36...40...46...50...56
7|...0.....7...12...19...24...2ß...36...41...48...53...5α...65
8|...0.....8...14...20...28...34...40...48...54...60...68...74
9|...0.....9...16...23...30...39...46...53...60...69...76...83
α|...0.....α...18...26...34...42...50...5α...68...76...84...92
ß|...0.....ß...1α...29...38...47...56...65...74...83...92...α1

Lookit all those patterns simply in the multiplication table! Think how much easier the arithmatic would be!

Will you join me in my base 12 crusade?!?

[Sharoth]

Math is your friend. Math loves you and wants to show you just how much it loves y0000000100101001010100101111010010

[Treppa]

Freehold DM wrote:

Yes jess Door! I will join in your mathematical crusade! signs up for math elimination team

Jess Door wrote:

I believe we should switch from a base 10 system to a base 12 system.Will you join me in my base 12 crusade?!?

I forgot FhDM replies at the top. This was at the bottom of Freehold's reply: 47,051 to 47,057 of 47,057.

I thought Freehold was really getting into this mathematical code and was about to decipher it in base 12 to pick up his message.

[Freehold DM]

Ok, now THAT is kinda cool.

Treppa wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

Yes jess Door! I will join in your mathematical crusade! signs up for math elimination team

Jess Door wrote:

I believe we should switch from a base 10 system to a base 12 system.Will you join me in my base 12 crusade?!?

I forgot FhDM replies at the top. This was at the bottom of Freehold's reply: 47,051 to 47,057 of 47,057.

I thought Freehold was really getting into this mathematical code and was about to decipher it in base 12 to pick up his message.

[Jess Door]

aeglos wrote:

what are you guys doing?

why all the numbers?

I'm a nerd, indulging a pet peeve. I just...like numbers.

I also programmed tetris into my graphing calculator during math class in high school. We only had one variable available per letter of the alphabet, so for my flags I used a single variable and the value of the variable in base 2 gave me my flags. for example, let's say I needed 5 flags:

IsGamePaused
IsSoundOn
IsPieceFalling
IsPieceAgainstLeftWall
IsPieceAgainstRightWall

These can all either be "on" (1) or "off" (0).

Let's say the game isn't paused, the sound is on, the piece is falling, and it's unable to move farther left. That would be

IsGamePaused = 0
IsSoundOn = 1
IsPieceFalling = 1
IsPieceAgainstLeftWall = 1
IsPieceAgainstRightWall = 0

to represent that as one number, I"ll put those number in order:

01110

In base 10 this is: 0x2^4 + 1x2^3 + 1x2^2 + 1x2^1 + 0x2^0 =
0x16+2x8+1x4+1x2+0x1 = 14

If the game is paused, the piece is resting on pieces below it against the left wall and the sound is off, we get

10010 = 1x16 + 1x2 = 18

Each set of values is unique.

It was very slow, unfortunately. That was a lot of extra calculation due to lack of memory. :)

[Sharoth]

So what are the odds?

[The Nasty Orc]

Number hurt my head.

[Urizen]

Jess Door wrote:

I believe we should switch from a base 10 system to a base 12 system.

This would create many improvement in our daily lives!!!

What numbers are easiest to do arithmatic with in your head?

2, 5, 10.

You know why?

Because we use a base 10 system, and only factors of 10 are 2 and 5.

If we switched to a base 12 system, arithmatic would become simpler, with oft repeated simple mathematical patterns, simply because there are so many more prime factors of 12. The factors of 12 are 2, 3, 4 and 6! There'd only be two additional digits to remember.

Let's say that 10 is α and 11 is ß. The digits, in order would be:

0123456789αß

multiplication table to 11x11:

.....0.....1.....2.....3.....4.....5.....6.....7.....8.....9.....α.....ß
---------------------------------------------------------------------
0|...0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0.....0
1|...0.....1.....2.....3.....4.....5.....6.....7.....8.....9.....α.....ß
2|...0.....2.....4.....6.....8.....α...10...12...14...16...18...1α
3|...0.....3.....6.....9...10...13...16...19...20...23...26...29
4|...0.....4.....8...10...14...18...20...24...28...30...34...38
5|...0.....5.....α...13...18...21...26...2ß...34...39...42...47
6|...0.....6...10...16...20...26...30...36...40...46...50...56
7|...0.....7...12...19...24...2ß...36...41...48...53...5α...65
8|...0.....8...14...20...28...34...40...48...54...60...68...74
9|...0.....9...16...23...30...39...46...53...60...69...76...83
α|...0.....α...18...26...34...42...50...5α...68...76...84...92
ß|...0.....ß...1α...29...38...47...56...65...74...83...92...α1

Lookit all those patterns simply in the multiplication table! Think how much easier the arithmatic would be!

Will you join me in my base 12 crusade?!?

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.

[Urizen]

Treppa wrote:

1' = 10"

I like it. However, with the rise of computers, I believe we're best served by a switch to hexadecimal.

Us males have been trying to get the females convinced that 10" = 1' for eons now.

[Urizen]

taig wrote:

"20/7" doesn't quite roll off the tongue like "24/7" does.

"2/69" does.

[Aberzombie]

Solnes wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

puts on engineer hat

For example: pipe wall thickness.

Pipe is sold in various schedules, with set wall thicknesses. Depending on the application, that wall thickness can degrade over time due to external corrosion, or internal corrosion/erosion.

We have formulas for calcuting the minimum allowable wall thickness based on pressure, temperature, material, etc. These wall thicknesses can sometimes be measured in small fractions like 0.033, and once again depending on the medium, the accuracy of those numbers can be very important.

Your job would hurt my head :P

It doesn't do wonders for mine, that's for sure. Why do you think I drink?

[Aberzombie]

Jess Door wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

No.

Aw. ::sniff:: Not even a little bit?

I won a calculator contest in junior high. I used the prize money to buy art supplies. :)

I won a similar contest in highschool, but purely by accident. They gave us 200 questions to answer and scantron sheets to fill out. I didn't feel like answering them, so just did a wave pattern on the sheets. Who'd a thunk it....

[Solnes]

WTH, where everybody be?

[Mairkurion {tm}]

You probably need a good blog to take up your time.

[Solnes]

Might help my boredom huh?

[Freehold DM]

I know I'd read it. For the articles, of course.

[Celestial Healer]

I've ran into repeating decimal vs. fractions in finance, too. When calculating percentages, the results can rarely be represented as a decimal without rounding. I had to rewrite a spreadsheet to rely on fractions because the one we were using that relied on decimals was rounding off as much as $20 at a time.

$3,461.87 / $104,389.71 =/= 3.32% no matter how badly Excel wants to say that is the case. Better to have it use 3461.87/104389.71 everywhere it counts and save the rounding to the end.

[Celestial Healer]

So, we've come to Rochester for a friend's wedding, and for the first time I can survey the remains of the water-damaged books. The music textbooks were about as bad as they were described to me, but what no one mentioned was my completely warped special edition of Lovecraft. The Elder Gods will not be pleased.

[Mairkurion {tm}]

Sorry, CH. Nothing sucks like water-damaged books.

[Bastard of the Catfish]

Mis nuevos alias de habla hispana. A través de traductor Google, inspirado por Mairkurion {tm}.

[Khlûl'-hloo]

Well played, El Bastardo.

[Aberzombie]

Good morning to all you denizens of FAWTLY Land!! Happy Saturday!! It's early here in Philly land, but the boy is awake, so here I am.

[Aberzombie]

I'll be DMing Kingmaker later on today, over at my buddy Todd's house. Should be fun. We'll finally finish off part 2 today, and hopefully get started on Part 3 after some kingdom building time. Woot!!!

[Aberzombie]

So far, Charlie really seems to like books. This makes me happy.

[Aberzombie]

One of his favorites is The Very Busy Spider. I find this amusing because his mother hates spiders. So, naturally, he's always bringing her that one to read.

[Aberzombie]

He also seems to like when I sing him Snuggle Puppy.

[Aberzombie]

I'm also beginning to think he might end up a drummer.

[Aberzombie]

Sooooo much easier to communicate with him now that he understands yes and no a bit, and can shake his head accordingly.

[Aberzombie]

Done with my miniblitz for now. The boy demands attention!!!

[Aberzombie]

Or....not. Now he's playing with an old greeting card.

[Aberzombie]

Ack!! I'm being attacked!!!!

[aeglos]

hi everyone,

done some gardening, sabine is on a bicycle tour with my mum.

tonight: ACCEPT \m/

[aeglos]

ooh, FA Cup Semi Finals

[Solnes]

Aberzombie wrote:

He also seems to like when I sing him Snuggle Puppy.

Snuggle Puppy?? How does that one go?

[Solnes]

Morning folks! Taking the kids to the amusement park, act like tourists for the day!! :)

[aeglos]

good morning Solnes

[aeglos]

Liverpool City Derby in Fa Cup

Liverpool FC beats FC Everton 2:1

[Solnes]

aeglos wrote:

good morning Solnes

Good Morning Aeglos :)

Glad to hear you and Sabine are settling in well! :)

[aeglos]

Solnes wrote:

aeglos wrote:

good morning Solnes

Good Morning Aeglos :)

Glad to hear you and Sabine are settling in well! :)

zthank you :-)

things are really going well, the last year was one of the best I ever had

[Freehold DM]

aeglos wrote:

Solnes wrote:

aeglos wrote:

good morning Solnes

Good Morning Aeglos :)

Glad to hear you and Sabine are settling in well! :)

zthank you :-)

things are really going well, the last year was one of the best I ever had

WOOT AEGLOS!! MAY YOUR FOES KNOW ONLY REGRET!!!!!!

[lynora]

Solnes wrote:

Aberzombie wrote:

He also seems to like when I sing him Snuggle Puppy.

Snuggle Puppy?? How does that one go?

Well, I have a thing to tell you,

and it won't take long -
The way I feel about you
is a kind of a song.
It starts with an OOO
and ends with a Kiss <3
and all along the middle,
it goes somethihng like this -

It goes: OOO! Snuggle Puppy of Mine!
Everything about you is especially fine!
I love what you are,
I love what you do,
Fuzzy little Snuggle Puppy,
I love you.

I say, OOO! Anuggle Puppy of Mine!
Everything about you is especially fine!
I love what you are,
I love what you do.
OOOOOOOOOOOO!
I love you!
*Kiss!*

Now I wanted just to tell you,
and it didn't take long -
the way I feel about you is a kind of a song.
I started with OOO
I gave you a kiss <3
I hope you liked the middle.
Now we'll end like this...

OOO,Snuggle Puppy of Mine!
Everything about you is especially fine.
I love what you are.
I love what you do....
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I love you!
*Big Smooch!*

Now go buy the book so you too can enjoy the adorable illustrations. Also....years later. Years. It. Is. Still. Stuck. In. My. Head.

[Kajehase]

aeglos wrote:

Liverpool City Derby in Fa Cup

Liverpool FC beats FC Everton 2:1

CAAAAAAAARRRRRROLL!!!

[Kajehase]

And some sympathetic thoughts to the family and team-mates of Piermario Morosini. 25 years is much too young to have cardiac arrest. :(

[Kajehase]

And meh... 3-2 and 4-3 up, and my old team, IFK Trollhättan, still lost their season opener with 6-4. Gonna be a long year, I'm afraid.

[Mairkurion {tm}]

Question baked in a PIE.