well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

[Alister_G]

34 minutes ago, SteveyDee68 said:

 

Reminds me of something I was told about maths - that an isolated island tribe only had three numbers - “1”, “2” and “Many”. Based upon the idea that you can catch a fish in each hand (1 and 2) but beyond that there is no point (many).

 

Never checked if that was true, but it has a ring of truth to it! 

 

Back to toads and sheep!

 

Steve S

 

In Terry Pratchett's books, the Trolls have a counting system, which goes: one, two, many, lots.

 

Maybe a similar reason.

 

Al.

[Stubby47]

Speaking of maths , I posted this in St Enodoc's thread, but in case you missed it.

 

10+10 is the same as 11+11.

 

Doubt that's true?

 

Say, out loud, "10+10 is" and give the answer.

 

Then do the same for 11+11...

[Donw]

When it comes to counting, decimal is rubbish you can count up to 10 on your digits in decimal but up to 1111111111 in binary equal to 1023 in decimal. Starting from the right hand side the thumb is worth 1 the first finger 2 the second 4 and so on round to the left hand thumb which is worth 512.

 

Don

[Stubby47]

1 minute ago, Donw said:

When it comes to counting, decimal is rubbish you can count up to 10 on your digits in decimal but up to 1111111111 in binary equal to 1023 in decimal. Starting from the right hand side the thumb is worth 1 the first finger 2 the second 4 and so on round to the left hand thumb which is worth 512.

 

Don

 

We should have had 6 fingers, much more flexible in Base 12....

 

[Donw]

6 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

Speaking of maths , I posted this in St Enodoc's thread, but in case you missed it.

 

10+10 is the same as 11+11.

 

Doubt that's true?

 

Say, out loud, "10+10 is" and give the answer.

 

Then do the same for 11+11...

 

10+10 is 100, 11+11 is 110

 

Don

[Siberian Snooper]

1 hour ago, Stubby47 said:

 

We should have had 6 fingers, much more flexible in Base 12....

 

 

You're living in Cornwall!!

[Stubby47]

8 minutes ago, Siberian Snooper said:

 

You're living in Cornwall!!

 

Glass houses...

[Alister_G]

There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

 

Al

[JIJ]

23 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

 

Al

And those who know we're talking in base 3

[Benbow]

20 hours ago, JIJ said:

And those who know we're talking in base 3

And those who haven't a clue what you're all on about! 

Edited August 27, 2021 by Benbow
Spelling!

[Tim Dubya]

42

[Captain Kernow]

3 hours ago, Stubby47 said:

Speaking of maths , I posted this in St Enodoc's thread, but in case you missed it.

 

10+10 is the same as 11+11.

 

Doubt that's true?

 

Say, out loud, "10+10 is" and give the answer.

 

Then do the same for 11+11...

 

3 hours ago, Donw said:

When it comes to counting, decimal is rubbish you can count up to 10 on your digits in decimal but up to 1111111111 in binary equal to 1023 in decimal. Starting from the right hand side the thumb is worth 1 the first finger 2 the second 4 and so on round to the left hand thumb which is worth 512.

 

Don

 

And you lot go on about me talking about Art!

 

[Alister_G]

7 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

 

 

And you lot go on about me talking about Art!

 

 

Conceptually, mathematics is a form of Art, darling...

 

Al.

[Captain Kernow]

21 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

 

Conceptually, mathematics is a form of Art, darling...

 

Al.

Dear, dear darling Dickie, conceptually, I am a total ignoramus when it comes to mathematics.

 

And DCC.

 

 

 

[Winslow Boy]

39 minutes ago, Tim Dubya said:

42

 

7 × 7

[Tim Dubya]

1 minute ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

7 × 7

 

[wiggoforgold]

1 hour ago, Tim Dubya said:

42

34

 

[Tim Dubya]

6 minutes ago, wiggoforgold said:

34

 

 

"Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?..."

[bgman]

Just now, Tim Dubya said:

 

"Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?..."

 

An abacus

[Tim Dubya]

1 hour ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

7 × 7

 

Oh, you mean...

 

 

Edited August 26, 2021 by Tim Dubya
Weston's Wyld Wood

[Winslow Boy]

1 hour ago, Tim Dubya said:

 

Oh, you mean...

 

 

 

No I mean this;

 

 

[chuffinghell]

28 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

No I mean this;

 

 

So long and thanks for all the fish

 

Edited August 26, 2021 by chuffinghell

[chuffinghell]

5 hours ago, Alister_G said:

There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

 

Al

If someone refers to their gender as being non-binary does that mean they are analog?

[St Enodoc]

7 hours ago, Stubby47 said:

 

We should have had 6 fingers, much more flexible in Base 12....

 

You are the boy in the Hornby-Dublo advert and I claim my five pounds.

[SteveyDee68]

7 hours ago, Donw said:

When it comes to counting, decimal is rubbish you can count up to 10 on your digits in decimal but up to 1111111111 in binary equal to 1023 in decimal. Starting from the right hand side the thumb is worth 1 the first finger 2 the second 4 and so on round to the left hand thumb which is worth 512.

 

Don

 

I admit that I have just spent ten minutes counting using that system - clever! Similar to that is something I have half-remembered from an inset training day, which was that in Olde London Towne back in the day (think Samuel Pepys and crew), street traders had a system of counting by tapping various parts of their anatomy that allowed them to do calculations incredibly quickly, as there were separate movements representing every number from 1 to 144 (a gross). We know they had such a system, because it is mentioned in Mr Pepys's writings but not in enough detail to be able to reconstruct it. It was a system developed and passed on by itinerant traders, and has been lost in the mists of time, although it is believed that the "tic-tac" signalling system by bookies at race meetings is* similar to it in execution.

 

Steve S

 

* Or should that be "was", as tic-tac itself is also seen less and less...