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Well they are both convenient lies we use in an attempt to describe the truth. But letters are
better for two reasons 1) you can use a word to describe a number but not vice versa and 2) can you
imagine how much number poetry would blow?
1122 67532
2211 34432
0=0
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Obviously you know nothing of the world of numbers.
The only good letters are "X" and "Y"! |
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Err no. Without numbers we wouldn't even be here. This site would not work, there would be literally
zilch .;-)) |
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Đøëşŋŧ måţťęř, ũňīçðďē ćħãŗåċţěŕś bǏǒŵ ťĥêm bǒŧħ ơưť øƒ
ţĥē ŵãŧęŗ. |
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Not only that kkcoyne but numbers are easier to count by. Also many languages have different
alphabets, lets say you are german and you are in a library looking for a book. You could count
with letters and numbers lets say row A column 150 so in German, you would be thinking "Ah, funfzig
und einhundert. Fairly easy. Now in letters that would be row A, and however you come up with 150
in letters. I suppose you could use the letter according to its numerical location in the alphabet.
Unfortunately there is no letter with the numerical location of 0. Another disbenefit with letters
is that, like with roman numerals |
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I disagree with myself. Numbers are understood by more people at least in the most basic of ways-if
in no other way, almost everyone can use numbers to count on their fingers. It is true, however,
that after a certain level the use of numbers is understood by a limited number of people. |
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13 Nov 2008 20:10
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