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2008-09-16 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 What does the number 24 in BasePakistan translate to in Base10? I seem to have some trouble with the math between number systems. 30 in Base10 seems to become about negative 90 in BasePakistan: what other control points do we have for the translation?

Posted by Glenmore 2008-09-16 09:11|| 2008-09-16 09:11|| Front Page Top

#2 The confusion is understandable since Pakistanis deal in imaginary numbers.

Posted by ed 2008-09-16 09:20|| 2008-09-16 09:20|| Front Page Top

#3 ed---you are giving too much credit to the Paks. They do not understand that the square root of -1 is defined by i.

Without this prerequisite, they have no business with imaginary numbers. They can deal in creative numbers, but NO IMAGINARY NUMBERS FORRR YUUUU.
[*wags index finger*]

Posted by Alaska Paul in Tok, AK 2008-09-16 21:45|| 2008-09-16 21:45|| Front Page Top

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