I have 10 digits and 2^10 = 1024, so I can make any binary number from 0 to 1023 using my fingers, if I can either raise or lower each one independantly (which is quite hard in practice). Of course using my toes as well, I could count to over a million.
On 18 December 2013 05:08, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 1:13 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 17 December 2013 17:58, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 8:48 PM, Stephen Paul King < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> An observer in such a univer could never count to 17... >>>> >>>> >>> Did you know you can count up to 1023 on your fingers? I'll leave it as >>> an exercise to figure out how. ;-) >>> >>> Please sir, I know! >> >> Although you have to have rather flexible digits... >> >> >> > What is your answer? > > Jason > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
