Happy Birthday to Me!
Thanatos
23 Apr 2009, 06:47Where's my cake! I want my frikking cake.
Overcat
23 Apr 2009, 12:38Happy birthday.
Elexxorine
23 Apr 2009, 16:30Happy birthday too Thana... from Matt too. Miss you not being on msn. Hope you have a good birthday and everything, we love you! give your cats a hug for me...
steve the gaming guy
24 Apr 2009, 16:07Are you the ripe old age of 14 now?
Thanatos
25 Apr 2009, 07:39Nope, 15.
steve the gaming guy
28 Apr 2009, 02:09Whoaa! Old man! hehehe... well happy birthday. 
steve the gaming guy
26 May 2009, 18:19I am now twice as old as you plus two years. Had my birthday over the weekend. It was a fun time. Mostly it was rainy except on my actual birthday.
Oh and if you couldn't follow that complex math, I am 32.
Oh and if you couldn't follow that complex math, I am 32.
Elexxorine
03 Jun 2009, 07:33Happy birthday Steve! You too old for presents yet?
My sister recently had a birthday. She got two cards saying '21st' on it, and then 'in base 17!' on the inside. Blasted nephew stole my tradition! (Been doing it for years!) Can you work out how old she is? What base will I need next year? (I know these, just testing maths, muhahahha)
My sister recently had a birthday. She got two cards saying '21st' on it, and then 'in base 17!' on the inside. Blasted nephew stole my tradition! (Been doing it for years!) Can you work out how old she is? What base will I need next year? (I know these, just testing maths, muhahahha)
Overcat
03 Jun 2009, 10:46Can you work out how old she is?
35? [(17^1 * 1) + (17^0 * 1)]
Does she have to be 21 every year?
Elexxorine
07 Jun 2009, 15:01You're right Overcat. And 21 cos that's a major birthday that they write on cards. Also the joke of everyone says it's their 21st birthday when it isn't. It's become a tradition now, especially as my nephew joined in.
paul_one
12 Jun 2009, 20:58kind of, those maths shown are a bit wrongo:
In base 17:
2*17 = 34
1*1 = 1
34+1 = 35
.. Now 36, would mean:
36 - 1 = 35.
Half of 35 = 17.5..
So base 17.5 ... which doesn't REALLY work, cos it's not a whole number.
You'd have to go for something like "18" (base 28)
So the answer for NEXT year is: there is NO base that makes 36 become 21
In base 17:
289 17 1
------------------
0 2 12*17 = 34
1*1 = 1
34+1 = 35
.. Now 36, would mean:
36 - 1 = 35.
Half of 35 = 17.5..
So base 17.5 ... which doesn't REALLY work, cos it's not a whole number.
You'd have to go for something like "18" (base 28)
So the answer for NEXT year is: there is NO base that makes 36 become 21
Elexxorine
16 Jun 2009, 13:53Yeah, I've written half bases before, it's only for the lulz though.
paul_one
17 Jun 2009, 00:54.. I'd like to point out that, by "wrongo" I actually meant.... "dead right"... 
Sorry, it's been a while since my maths classes back in college (and believe me, I wasn't even paying attention then either).
Anything to the power 0 is 1 (doi!) and my table is showing the powers of 17.
Yours is just the more straight forward mathematical way to write it down.
Mine is the more graphical.
Apple-bogies (apologies
) and by all means, feel free to slam me for any big mistakes.
Sorry, it's been a while since my maths classes back in college (and believe me, I wasn't even paying attention then either).
Anything to the power 0 is 1 (doi!) and my table is showing the powers of 17.
Yours is just the more straight forward mathematical way to write it down.
Mine is the more graphical.
Apple-bogies (apologies
) and by all means, feel free to slam me for any big mistakes.Overcat
18 Jun 2009, 10:47Apple-bogies (apologies ) and by all means, feel free to slam me for any big mistakes.
Big mistakes? What about little ones? (I'm not an avid slammer, in any case.
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