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Phil H

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midlifecrisis said:
I would argue that the numbers 1 and 2 are capitalised.
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Fair point, except for the fact that each is followed by a full stop (or period if we must), unless those are decimal points in which case I would expect to see at least one numerical digit after each of them. My point therefore remains, and capitals they should be, should they not?

doodlebug said:
I would argue that as a colonial, full stops are full stops and periods are something else altogether!
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And I would agree with you. I was loathe to use your latter expression due to the sensitive nature of forum members, many of whom have allegedly led sheltered lives, but in the name of equality and fair play thought it best to add it in brackets.

With any luck one of our literary members will be along soon to adjudicate, but in the meantime I'm not sure about yellow; does that fit with the forum's green credentials?

PH
 
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Should we also be contesting the use of grammer police? Is it a proper noun and therefore Grammer Police?
 
Alan Surrey

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Phil H said:
Fair point, except for the fact that each is followed by a full stop (or period if we must), unless those are decimal points in which case I would expect to see at least one numerical digit after each of them. My point therefore remains, and capitals they should be, should they not?
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Ah yes. Good point Phil.
Now if we were to enumerate the points in a base bigger than 10, we could have letters after the decimal point. Hexadecimal, so widely used in 16 bit (and upwards) computing environments gives us up to the letter F. So by choosing the right base (I can't be bothered, having established the principle) theyr'e just numbers.
What do you say, all you machine code programmers?
 
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Alan Surrey said:
Ah yes. Good point Phil.
Now if we were to enumerate the points in a base bigger than 10, we could have letters after the decimal point. Hexadecimal, so widely used in 16 bit (and upwards) computing environments gives us up to the letter F. So by choosing the right base (I can't be bothered, having established the principle) theyr'e just numbers.
What do you say, all you machine code programmers?
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I didn't get much further than 'programming' (in the loosest possible definition of the term) my ZX80, but I do like your thinking and so does Eb by the look of it.

Go on, choose the right base, I dare you.....

PH
 
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Have used octal for aircraft identification but it only had 4096 combinations (8 to the power 4) but this. has been phased out by hexadecimal with 6 figures giving 16,777,216 combinations. More than every aircraft ever made.
 
Alan Surrey

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Alright. Its Base 34. Does anyone know what it might be called?
In base 34, a number written 20 is worth 68 in our usual counting system, base 10, (decimal.)
 
Phil H

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Alan Surrey said:
Don't think it was much better.
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True in one particular respect.

I bought the ZX80 for £10 from a colleague who moved on to a ZX81. Many years later I sold the ZX80 on a certain internet auction website for £300 - which is unlikely for a ZX81.

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Alan Surrey

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Think I put mine in the skip.
Plenty of fun beforehand though. But couldn't get it to store programmes successfully.
 
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