19-10-2005, 12:36 PM
I was thinking about a maths problem aswell:
Our number system is base 10, however it's possible to get base 16, 2 (binary) etc. etc... But can you get base -2?
You'd have to cap the number of digits on your values, I think.
4 digit cap:
0 = -1111
1 = -1110
2 = -1101
3 = -1100
4 = -1011
etc. etc. For you see, as you get bigger in base 10 (1, 2, 3, 4) you have to get bigger in base -1. Of course, you start at the lowest value, which is -infinite. Which requires you to have a cap on the number of digits.
Of course, I could be wrong, what do you guys think?
Our number system is base 10, however it's possible to get base 16, 2 (binary) etc. etc... But can you get base -2?
You'd have to cap the number of digits on your values, I think.
4 digit cap:
0 = -1111
1 = -1110
2 = -1101
3 = -1100
4 = -1011
etc. etc. For you see, as you get bigger in base 10 (1, 2, 3, 4) you have to get bigger in base -1. Of course, you start at the lowest value, which is -infinite. Which requires you to have a cap on the number of digits.
Of course, I could be wrong, what do you guys think?