xkcd

by **Quantum Sunshine** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:44 pm UTC

This is basically another weird count up thread, but with a twist.

I start in base 2 and say 1. The next person would increase the base and increase the count (so the next post would be base 3, 2). Since we don't have an infinite amount of characters we'll use base 2 through base 16, resetting each time we reach base 16.*

I'll start:
1, base 2.

*sorry if this is a bit confusing.

by **Josephine** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:55 pm UTC

2, base 3

we could go all the way up to base 62 adding letters.

by **Quantum Sunshine** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:42 pm UTC

3, base 4.

Resetting also increases the 'challenge' because the number won't just be one less than the base.

by **Gypped** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:56 pm UTC

4, base 5.

So I guess this thread is pretty boring until we get to our base cap. Are we still sticking with only up to base 16? We could go up to base 90 with a normal qwerty keyboard without resorting to unicode.

by **eggdudeguy** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:39 pm UTC

5...

Isn't this just count in Base 16?

Base 256 is accessible with the full range of bits.

by **LucasBrown** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 1:34 am UTC

6₇

It's not just counting in base 16... it's counting by sixteens, first in base 2, then 3, then 4, then 5, ...

by **_infina_** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 1:51 am UTC

by **Quantum Sunshine** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:24 am UTC

8₉

It's really up to you guys to decide what you want to do for the base cap, and how to decide the base. Once we decide, I'll modify the first post.

by **_infina_** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:34 am UTC

by **mickyj300x** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:04 am UTC

by **unlofl** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:49 am UTC

by **MuschMusch** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:05 am UTC

C₁₃

its gonna get funny with F₁₆ ---> 1 0000₂ ----> 200₃......

by **_infina_** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 7:21 pm UTC

by **Quantum Sunshine** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:59 pm UTC

by **_infina_** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:39 pm UTC

by **mickyj300x** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 5:32 am UTC

10000₂

by **Magnanimous** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:21 am UTC

by **mickyj300x** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:09 am UTC

by **_infina_** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:31 pm UTC

by **mickyj300x** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:24 pm UTC

by **Magnanimous** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:00 am UTC

30₇ (or 31₇?)

... We kind of skipped 18.

by **MuschMusch** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:55 am UTC

26₈ = 22₁₀

by **Quantum Sunshine** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:48 pm UTC

MuschMusch wrote:26₈ = 22₁₀

I'm assuming this is the right count, so:

25₉

by **LucasBrown** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:51 am UTC

by **_infina_** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:19 am UTC

by **Magnanimous** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:44 am UTC

by **MuschMusch** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:56 pm UTC

by **unlofl** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:22 am UTC

by **MuschMusch** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:59 am UTC

by **LucasBrown** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:21 am UTC

by **Spots** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:06 pm UTC

Did this die because people were confused by the last posts?
Aren't the last two supposed to be:
14, base 15
1E, base 16

and then:
11111, base 2

by **MuschMusch** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:49 pm UTC

Necro!

Supposed to be:
1E base 15
1D base 16
11111 base 2

And now (actual):
1012 base 3

Creep on going.

by **Spots** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 8:11 pm UTC

Whoops, yes, I've no idea how I got that. :oops:

Anyway:
201₄

by **MuschMusch** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:37 am UTC

by **NecklaceOfShadow** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:45 am UTC

by **MuschMusch** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:50 am UTC

by **Quantum Sunshine** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:39 pm UTC

by **MuschMusch** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:19 am UTC

by **cjmcjmcjmcjm** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:27 am UTC

by **MuschMusch** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 8:34 am UTC

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