tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post7955410878355366661..comments2024-03-06T13:50:29.718+05:30Comments on E's flat, ah's flat too: Useless skillsRahul Siddharthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-291173427662470822009-11-24T10:31:00.513+05:302009-11-24T10:31:00.513+05:30From childhood, I have also always counted till 20...From childhood, I have also always counted till 20 -- using the lines on each finger rather than the spaces and the top -- that gives four on each finger times 5. I wonder if this number is culture specific. <br /><br />Of course the binary way I learnt here in IMSc from Ramanujam.Rahul Basuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751088048215388592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-33140641141616711142009-11-24T09:46:59.567+05:302009-11-24T09:46:59.567+05:30ps - see my update in the main post.ps - see my update in the main post.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-16744252496648431832009-11-24T09:32:41.915+05:302009-11-24T09:32:41.915+05:30tr - nice thought. I was thinking four fingers be...tr - nice thought. I was thinking four fingers because you need the thumb to keep count, but of course when using the thumb you can keep count with a finger. In fact, you can keep count with any of the other four fingers, so in principle you could go up to 32 on one hand, or 1024 on both hands.<br /><br />Sunil -- does it depend on whether you start from 0 or 1? I'd start from 0 to make the base-16 (or base-20 or base-32) arithmetic easier. So you'd have up to 15 (or 19 or 31) on each hand.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-71136749862708056022009-11-24T08:44:52.105+05:302009-11-24T08:44:52.105+05:30I've always only done 15 on each hand -- how t...I've always only done 15 on each hand -- how the heck do you get 16?Sunil D'Montehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11930243702764871949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-11529185188900485832009-11-24T04:46:16.290+05:302009-11-24T04:46:16.290+05:30i've always done 20 on each hand -- 4 on each ...i've always done 20 on each hand -- 4 on each finger plus the thumb. using your system i'm going to try for 400 now.Tabula Rasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358094860426062297noreply@blogger.com