Post Your Random Thoughts Thread!

[JFK]

Ive got the day off work tomorrow and Im going vinyl shopping.

Then Im going to get a subway with meatballs in.

Fuck yeah.

[firky]

I am too scared to check my bank balance, as long as my card doesn't fail me at the bar tonight everything is scooby.

[WhosZena]

Numbers...

Why do they go in tens?

I mean when you think about it, what is ten? What makes it so much more important?

It could just as easily go:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
11,12, 13, 14 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
etc..

[NilsFG]

Numbers...

Why do they go in tens?

I mean when you think about it, what is ten? What makes it so much more important?

It could just as easily go:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
11,12, 13, 14 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
etc..

[WhosZena]

Numbers...

Why do they go in tens?

I mean when you think about it, what is ten? What makes it so much more important?

It could just as easily go:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
11,12, 13, 14 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
etc..

Im not confused.

Is that seagull on the phone?

[HamCrescendo]

Is the next DMZ in May?

[kidshuffle]

Numbers...

Why do they go in tens?

I mean when you think about it, what is ten? What makes it so much more important?

It could just as easily go:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
11,12, 13, 14 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
etc..

I'm actually going to assume it goes up in tens because we have ten digits and it makes it a shit ton simpler to teach. It also couldn't go like that, the system wouldn't work without zero as a placeholder!

edit: Now that I've thought about it, I want to know how the ancient Romans handled doing math. Equations made up of roman numerals would have been just a mess

[WhosZena]

Numbers...

Why do they go in tens?

I mean when you think about it, what is ten? What makes it so much more important?

It could just as easily go:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
11,12, 13, 14 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
etc..

I'm actually going to assume it goes up in tens because we have ten digits and it makes it a shit ton simpler to teach. It also couldn't go like that, the system wouldn't work without zero as a placeholder!

edit: Now that I've thought about it, I want to know how the ancient Romans handled doing math. Equations made up of roman numerals would have been just a mess

I see what you mean about zero.
The Romans probably didnt do their equations in the same way, or they had bigger brains.

[soulshynchyld]

jerkin, lazy tech, shuffle, pindrop, reject.... damn these kidz got all the moves. still though.... ma dogs red nose looks so much more impressive

[kidshuffle]

Numbers...

Why do they go in tens?

I mean when you think about it, what is ten? What makes it so much more important?

It could just as easily go:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
11,12, 13, 14 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
etc..

I'm actually going to assume it goes up in tens because we have ten digits and it makes it a shit ton simpler to teach. It also couldn't go like that, the system wouldn't work without zero as a placeholder!

edit: Now that I've thought about it, I want to know how the ancient Romans handled doing math. Equations made up of roman numerals would have been just a mess

I see what you mean about zero.
The Romans probably didnt do their equations in the same way, or they had bigger brains.

They still did math pretty similarly which is just boggling! One equation could quite literally take your entire life to figure out.
I was actually talking to my roommate about the importance of zero/going up in tens the other day. He's getting his PhD in Philosophy so he had a lot of good stuff to say about it, I'll try and get some other info about it because it was really interesting.

[LordBid]

going on a week of strait work, no forseeable break until monday.....FUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCKKK I jsut wanna sit down and produce!

[WhosZena]

Numbers...

Why do they go in tens?

I mean when you think about it, what is ten? What makes it so much more important?

It could just as easily go:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
11,12, 13, 14 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
etc..

I'm actually going to assume it goes up in tens because we have ten digits and it makes it a shit ton simpler to teach. It also couldn't go like that, the system wouldn't work without zero as a placeholder!

edit: Now that I've thought about it, I want to know how the ancient Romans handled doing math. Equations made up of roman numerals would have been just a mess

I see what you mean about zero.
The Romans probably didnt do their equations in the same way, or they had bigger brains.

They still did math pretty similarly which is just boggling! One equation could quite literally take your entire life to figure out.
I was actually talking to my roommate about the importance of zero/going up in tens the other day. He's getting his PhD in Philosophy so he had a lot of good stuff to say about it, I'll try and get some other info about it because it was really interesting.

Wicked, Im a bit of a geek when it comes to numbers and patterns etc. I start thinking about it all and get lost in my thoughts.
Would be interesting to hear some info from an expert.

[BLAHBLAHJAH]

I always thought ten was needed because of the way numbers are indexed by columns. Without the zero, you're forced to change a number's face value... 10 = 1 x 'column of ten' and 'zero' in single digits... If it went 7, 8 ,9, 11 for example, '11' would be used instead of ten, meaning that the arbitary value of '1' has been altered... You can use other numbers as the base (noteably 6 was frequent before ten) as long as principles are followed. Consider it as counting in a tally system, it's the quantity that reveals the 'number' and not the way in which they're recorded. It's a useful labelling sytem that aids in keeping numbers infinite, rather than the arduous task of generating a specific symbol for each number

I start thinking about it all and get lost in my thoughts.

Priceless skill

On my mind be ducks

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[firky]

we're all made of stars

[k_k]

i dont wanna! i do like you, like her too, i cant tell her, why cant you shut up

[WhosZena]

I always thought ten was needed because of the way numbers are indexed by columns. Without the zero, you're forced to change a number's face value... 10 = 1 x 'column of ten' and 'zero' in single digits... If it went 7, 8 ,9, 11 for example, '11' would be used instead of ten, meaning that the arbitary value of '1' has been altered... You can use other numbers as the base (noteably 6 was frequent before ten) as long as principles are followed. Consider it as counting in a tally system, it's the quantity that reveals the 'number' and not the way in which they're recorded. It's a useful labelling sytem that aids in keeping numbers infinite, rather than the arduous task of generating a specific symbol for each number

I start thinking about it all and get lost in my thoughts.

Priceless skill

On my mind be ducks

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Tally systems make more sense to me because its visual and the numbers are all exactly the same, apart from the quantity. And similar goes for Roman numerals.
With our number system they all seem different, if someone swapped 6 and 7 it wouldnt really make a difference we would just all re-learn the value.
But if they swapped (IIIII I) and (IIIII II) it just wouldnt be right.
But it still doesn't properly answer why they are grouped in 10s... And about now is when my thoughts get very annoying.
Have fun with your ducks.

[Coppola]

Muesli is actually really delicious.

[firky]

Zena's a geek.

[BLAHBLAHJAH]

I always thought ten was needed because of the way numbers are indexed by columns. Without the zero, you're forced to change a number's face value... 10 = 1 x 'column of ten' and 'zero' in single digits... If it went 7, 8 ,9, 11 for example, '11' would be used instead of ten, meaning that the arbitary value of '1' has been altered... You can use other numbers as the base (noteably 6 was frequent before ten) as long as principles are followed. Consider it as counting in a tally system, it's the quantity that reveals the 'number' and not the way in which they're recorded. It's a useful labelling sytem that aids in keeping numbers infinite, rather than the arduous task of generating a specific symbol for each number

I start thinking about it all and get lost in my thoughts.

Priceless skill

On my mind be ducks

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               __(.)< __(.)> __(.)=
               \___)  \___)  \___)   quaaaaaaaaaaaack

Tally systems make more sense to me because its visual and the numbers are all exactly the same, apart from the quantity. And similar goes for Roman numerals.
With our number system they all seem different, if someone swapped 6 and 7 it wouldnt really make a difference we would just all re-learn the value.
But if they swapped (IIIII I) and (IIIII II) it just wouldnt be right.
But it still doesn't properly answer why they are grouped in 10s... And about now is when my thoughts get very annoying.
Have fun with your ducks.

Ahhh I get what you mean. I think the easiest answer is in a parallel universe your equivalent is probably wondering why they use base 6 or something, ha

Maybe it had no real significance, just displayed a lot of useful traits to use the decimal system. It doesn't rule our clocks, however!

[kidshuffle]

Tally systems make more sense to me because its visual and the numbers are all exactly the same, apart from the quantity. And similar goes for Roman numerals.
With our number system they all seem different, if someone swapped 6 and 7 it wouldnt really make a difference we would just all re-learn the value.
But if they swapped (IIIII I) and (IIIII II) it just wouldnt be right.
But it still doesn't properly answer why they are grouped in 10s... And about now is when my thoughts get very annoying.
Have fun with your ducks.

I never thought of it that way, thats actually pretty true. And I asked my roommate about it, and he said the accepted theory is that we have groupings of 10 just because of thats how many digits we have, so it just seems like the natural way to do it. Apparently some ancient number systems go up in 5s and 20s too.