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[George Hovey-2]

Do you think they invented the IBM 650?  Also bi-quinary.

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Thomas Schneider <[hidden email]> wrote:

Both Inca's and Mayas did use knot's to count things:


1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Interestingly, the Mayas had their own notation for mathmatics:

'I'   did mean FIVE
'II'  did mean TEN
'III' did mean FIFTEEN
... and 'IIII' did mean TWENTY.

Hence, they did simply denote *one hand* by a *I*.
                                                     *two hands* by a *II*

They didn't have a DECIMAL *based* system therefore, but a system based on FIVE, and differences/additions to five, denoted by *dots*

DOT. DOT DOT, DOT DOT DOT, DOT DOT DOT, *FIVE*

The *DOTS* have been written vertically, interestingly.

Probably to +save space+ ...

Thomas Schneider. .

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Am 12.11.2010 19:20, schrieb George Hovey:

Wasn't it Incas that used knots?

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Alan Sampson <[hidden email]> wrote:

On 12 November 2010 08:07, René Jansen <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi Tom,

that is fascinating to know. I hope the Mayas had some rope with knots
that encoded some early form of Rexx and did not bother with curly
braces in any way. But may we try to stay on-topic?

Rope?  Knots?  Now I'm interested...  Do they work in the JVM?  Do tell...

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On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:06 PM, George Hovey <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Do you think they invented the IBM 650?  Also bi-quinary.

Someone dropped something on the kool-aid of this thread, early on...

FC

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Just a typical Friday afternoon at a couple of places I've worked.

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Fernando Cassia <[hidden email]> wrote:

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:06 PM, George Hovey <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Do you think they invented the IBM 650?  Also bi-quinary.

Someone dropped something on the kool-aid of this thread, early on...

FC

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