Sadly, the boss's camera has got to go in for a clean, there is more dirt on the CCD than photons. This may give me a chance for some more philosophical musing on a dog's life; two bees or not (this is a profound mathematical question for those who use base one maths). Anyway, no new pictures for a couple of days; maybe some archive footage will be available.
lots of love Spot, and Harri who came third.
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Quote from Spot: "...two bees or not (this is a profound mathematical question for those who use base one maths)".
Actually, Spot's use of base 1 is not so simple as it appears. "...Base 1 has some interesting properties; each position is raised to the power of one. If we only get one symbol, and declare it to be "0" (with the value zero), the only value you can represent is zero. We could cheat a little bit, and declare that the one symbol we get is "1" (with the value of one); this way "1" represents one, "11" represents two, and so on. It's basically like using scratch marks on a wall, but you don't get to group them." (David A. Wheeler, 22 September 2000). So Spot could 'scratch' (another reason why base 1 is excellent for dogs, 1 is easy to scratch),the following to record four bees: |||| or five ||||| or, on a good day a hundred! (Do it yourself if doubtful.) Well done, Spot! For dogs: Base 1 good, Base 10 bad.
Dearest B Rationalist
In this example, I (base one) am pondering on the nature of B's. A rationalist might B a B, or not. How does 1 represent 2 Bs, or a bee B 1, or 2. Pawsing 1111 thought, I (1B) cannot 1111 see how 2 B or not one. Busy be 1 would B. woof woof.
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