Happy birthday Dave!!!

[Orcs]

Happy birthday for yesterday, Dave. Doesn't feel any different, does it. 

No - Once your old and decrepit - thats it!   

Bang goes all future Goodwill from Pendraken 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Still 21 ?

[Orcs]

Still 21 ?

Crawler !  What you hoping for - More tanks?

[fsn]

Still 21 ?

Yeah! 21 Base 34!

(One for the mathematicians amongst us!)

[get2grips]

Yeah! 21 Base 34!

(One for the mathematicians amongst us!)

Erm...

[Techno]

Lost me too !
Cheers - Phil

[Matt J]

Lost me too

55

(wasn't it Dave's 50 last year though)

[fsn]

69

(34x2) + 1

[Sandinista]

Happy birthday Ben, Barnsey sent me some pics of Tyldesleys from the early 80s - brought back a few memories. Lots of very young people covered in mud mainly 

[Matt J]

69

(34x2) + 1

ok I'm lost 

[fsn]

OK. We normally use base 10 i.e. each digit in a number can be of any value between 0 and 9. When we reach ten then we have to go to another column. So 12 is 1 in the tens column and 2 in the units column. 10+2 = 12.

Hexadecimal (base 16) allows for each digit to store a number between 0 and 15. (uses A for 10, B or 11 up to F for 15). So 1F in hexadecimal is 1 in the 16's column and F (=15) in the unit columns so 16+15=31. Did nobody ever play 'Traveller'?

Base 34 allows 0 - 33 in each column. So 21 is 2 in the 34s column and 1 in the units column. So 21 in base 34 is (2x34)= 68 plus 1 in the unit column = 69.

Do you wish sometimes you'd never bothered?

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

In your case we do all the time 

IanS

[Techno]

Do you wish sometimes you'd never bothered?

Yep !!...
For example....Mrs T has an exceptionally 'logical' mind....She worked as a computer programmer  MANY, Many years ago....She was 'in charge' of various  projects regarding 'computers' as far back as *Official Secrets Act* forbids me to say what.

I can beat the 'poo' out of Mrs T as regards ANY games of logic (chess. othello ...you name it)....But she showed me the first page of  "can you be a computer programmer"....
I was lost after the first line !

Cheers - Mr Numpty.

[get2grips]

OK. We normally use base 10 i.e. each digit in a number can be of any value between 0 and 9. When we reach ten then we have to go to another column. So 12 is 1 in the tens column and 2 in the units column. 10+2 = 12.

Hexadecimal (base 16) allows for each digit to store a number between 0 and 15. (uses A for 10, B or 11 up to F for 15). So 1F in hexadecimal is 1 in the 16's column and F (=15) in the unit columns so 16+15=31. Did nobody ever play 'Traveller'?

Base 34 allows 0 - 33 in each column. So 21 is 2 in the 34s column and 1 in the units column. So 21 in base 34 is (2x34)= 68 plus 1 in the unit column = 69.

Do you wish sometimes you'd never bothered?

I get the PRINCIPLE...

As for the maths:.....      in that order!

[Matt J]

I'm of the GCSE generation so that makes no sense whatsoever. You need to explain it in terms of ... 'Jackie had 34 pies that she put in a row and... etc, etc.  

[get2grips]

I'm of the GCSE generation so that makes no sense whatsoever. You need to explain it in terms of ... 'Jackie had 34 pies that she put in a row and... etc, etc.  

Okay...Dave is really old and then got a bit older...how old is he now?

Dave, I'm really really sorry...please don't stop sending shiny things

[Fenton]

Okay...Dave is really old and then got a bit older...how old is he now?

Dave, I'm really really sorry...please don't stop sending shiny things

I think it depneds on what train he is on and what time a similar train left a similar station at an undisclosed more distant location and the speeds they are doing

[get2grips]

I think it depneds on what train he is on and what time a similar train left a similar station at an undisclosed more distant location and the speeds they are doing

And the three men are sharing £27 in the ratio 4:3:2

[OldenBUA]

I think it depneds on what train he is on and what time a similar train left a similar station at an undisclosed more distant location and the speeds they are doing

Are  those European or African trains? It will make quite a difference!

[Dave]

Thanks to you all, I'm still young at heart and like playing with soldiers and get a big thrill at looking at new masters   I had my birthday cake at midnight due to it being put in the freezer and forgot about due to the cream not setting!!!!

I still haven't got my big present from Leon

All the best and happy wargaming for the new year

Dave

ps how many more posts to get to the next level?