Using a base ten numbering system. In another numbering system, it is a different numeral.
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One birthday, I announced on some 'net boards that I'd just turned 20. Then added, "I do, in fairness, have to point out that last year I turned 1F."
Finding out who gets jokes like that can be very useful information.
-Scott Simmons, now, sadly, a greying 2B years of age.
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I did what Scott did, some years ago, but in my case it was 2F and 30.
I set up a birthday notification system for my company's network which required a modicum of monitoring, because one of our employees was born on February 29. Normally this was celebrated on March 1, but in election years I got to send out a company-wide message saying something like "X is celebrating his 8th birthday!"
This is totally OT, but I recently found this recent BBC4 edutainsploitation series on YouTube that cries out for a review by a real anthropologist. It could provide some entertaining blogfodder.
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Did you know that you can count (integers) to base PHI (the golden ratio)?
Probably has to do with having ten fingers. We could have a lot more mathematical fun with a system based on 12
I completely agree with @sailor:
If we programme the animals with the technology HP are providing we can become a new dominant force across the World. Mwahahahahaha.