From: Pedro Fortuny Ayuso Date: 2007-01-27T21:49:05+09:00 Subject: Re: Counting Toothpicks (#111) ------=_Part_3771_30743043.1169902142357 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Well if we allow more than addition and summation, any digit can be written in LCD with 7 toothpicks or less, so.... 10 =3D _ | | | | |_| and so on... and we are back to ASCII art almost for sure. Pedro. On 1/27/07, Pe=F1a, Botp wrote: > > From: Lincoln Anderson [mailto:ayblinkin@gmail.com] > # I missed the answer to the post asking if we should implement roman > # numerals. Which is "more" acceptable, > # > # X x X =3D 100 (6) > # > # or > # > # |||||||||| x |||||||||| =3D 100 (22) > > it's computer to toothpick and we assume all toothpicks are same without > breaking nor splitting. > > X x X =3D> X X X =3D> 30 ?? how do we represent mult in roman num? > > maybe, to be fair, we can use roman num but replace X (2 toothpicks) with > * (3 toothpics). exponent can be ** (6 toothpicks). we will use /\/\ for = M > and |_ for L.... > > so, > > X * X =3D 100 (2+3+2 toothpicks) > X ** X =3D 10 ** 10 =3D 10_000_000_1000 (2+3+3+2 toothpicks) > > arggh, this quiz looks difficult :) > > kind regards -botp > > > > --=20 Pedro Fortuny Ayuso C/Capuchinos 14, 1. 47006 Valladolid. SPAIN http://pfortuny.sdf-eu.org ------=_Part_3771_30743043.1169902142357--