Hex isn't base 6

Phase · 01-08-2015, 05:38 PM

To that one guy a few days ago in chat that said Hex was base 6, you're wrong. Base 6 is Sernary, sometimes know as Heximal, while base 16 is Hexadecimal, sometimes know as Hex. So check yo facts before you confuse guests.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senary

***Nickster258*** · (This post was last modified: 01-08-2015, 06:15 PM by Nickster258.)

(01-08-2015, 05:38 PM)Phasesaber Wrote: To that one guy a few days ago in chat that said Hex was base 6, you're wrong. Base 6 is Sernary, sometimes know as Heximal, while base 16 is Hexadecimal, sometimes know as Hex. So check yo facts before you confuse guests.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senary

I'm pretty sure the one who said hexadecimal was base 6 was either drunk/high/typo. Hex (six) and decimal (ten) means hexadecimal. It only makes logical sense.

Also, we say "hex" to conserve on chat length and ease of typing it. Hex (base 6) is almost useless while hexadecimal is what we care about.

Legofreak · 01-08-2015, 06:50 PM

"hex" is not a counting system at all. its like casting a spell or a curse... MAGIC

arguments of semantics are pointless. I had someone say that to me too a while back. I don't give a crap about base 6. I'll say "hex" all I want and i mean hexadecimal.

Phase · 01-08-2015, 07:58 PM

(01-08-2015, 06:05 PM)Nickster258 Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 05:38 PM)Phasesaber Wrote: To that one guy a few days ago in chat that said Hex was base 6, you're wrong. Base 6 is Sernary, sometimes know as Heximal, while base 16 is Hexadecimal, sometimes know as Hex. So check yo facts before you confuse guests.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senary

I'm pretty sure the one who said hexadecimal was base 6 was either drunk/high/typo. Hex (six) and decimal (ten) means hexadecimal. It only makes logical sense.

Also, we say "hex" to conserve on chat length and ease of typing it. Hex (base 6) is almost useless while hexadecimal is what we care about.

They didn't say Hexadecimal was base 6, they said Hex was base 6.

(01-08-2015, 06:50 PM)RekcirBrickeR Wrote: "hex" is not a counting system at all. its like casting a spell or a curse... MAGIC

arguments of semantics are pointless. I had someone say that to me too a while back. I don't give a crap about base 6. I'll say "hex" all I want and i mean hexadecimal.

+1

Xray_Doc · 01-08-2015, 11:17 PM

Hexadecimal is base 16
Decimal is base 10
Octal is base 8
Binary is base 2

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Iceglade · 01-08-2015, 11:40 PM

(01-08-2015, 07:58 PM)Phasesaber Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 06:05 PM)Nickster258 Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 05:38 PM)Phasesaber Wrote: To that one guy a few days ago in chat that said Hex was base 6, you're wrong. Base 6 is Sernary, sometimes know as Heximal, while base 16 is Hexadecimal, sometimes know as Hex. So check yo facts before you confuse guests.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senary

I'm pretty sure the one who said hexadecimal was base 6 was either drunk/high/typo. Hex (six) and decimal (ten) means hexadecimal. It only makes logical sense.

Also, we say "hex" to conserve on chat length and ease of typing it. Hex (base 6) is almost useless while hexadecimal is what we care about.

They didn't say Hexadecimal was base 6, they said Hex was base 6.

(01-08-2015, 06:50 PM)RekcirBrickeR Wrote: "hex" is not a counting system at all. its like casting a spell or a curse... MAGIC

arguments of semantics are pointless. I had someone say that to me too a while back. I don't give a crap about base 6. I'll say "hex" all I want and i mean hexadecimal.

+1

"Trinary" is not base 3

Legofreak · 01-09-2015, 01:11 AM

(01-08-2015, 11:40 PM)Iceglade Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 07:58 PM)Phasesaber Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 06:05 PM)Nickster258 Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 05:38 PM)Phasesaber Wrote: To that one guy a few days ago in chat that said Hex was base 6, you're wrong. Base 6 is Sernary, sometimes know as Heximal, while base 16 is Hexadecimal, sometimes know as Hex. So check yo facts before you confuse guests.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senary

I'm pretty sure the one who said hexadecimal was base 6 was either drunk/high/typo. Hex (six) and decimal (ten) means hexadecimal. It only makes logical sense.

Also, we say "hex" to conserve on chat length and ease of typing it. Hex (base 6) is almost useless while hexadecimal is what we care about.

They didn't say Hexadecimal was base 6, they said Hex was base 6.

(01-08-2015, 06:50 PM)RekcirBrickeR Wrote: "hex" is not a counting system at all. its like casting a spell or a curse... MAGIC

arguments of semantics are pointless. I had someone say that to me too a while back. I don't give a crap about base 6. I'll say "hex" all I want and i mean hexadecimal.

+1

"Trinary" is not base 3

Ternary may be the proper spelling but trinary is sometimes acceptable.

Phase · 01-09-2015, 01:54 AM

(01-08-2015, 11:40 PM)Iceglade Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 07:58 PM)Phasesaber Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 06:05 PM)Nickster258 Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 05:38 PM)Phasesaber Wrote: To that one guy a few days ago in chat that said Hex was base 6, you're wrong. Base 6 is Sernary, sometimes know as Heximal, while base 16 is Hexadecimal, sometimes know as Hex. So check yo facts before you confuse guests.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senary

I'm pretty sure the one who said hexadecimal was base 6 was either drunk/high/typo. Hex (six) and decimal (ten) means hexadecimal. It only makes logical sense.

Also, we say "hex" to conserve on chat length and ease of typing it. Hex (base 6) is almost useless while hexadecimal is what we care about.

They didn't say Hexadecimal was base 6, they said Hex was base 6.

(01-08-2015, 06:50 PM)RekcirBrickeR Wrote: "hex" is not a counting system at all. its like casting a spell or a curse... MAGIC

arguments of semantics are pointless. I had someone say that to me too a while back. I don't give a crap about base 6. I'll say "hex" all I want and i mean hexadecimal.

+1

"Trinary" is not base 3

Yeah it is.....

That's exactly like this post......

Ternary is the proper term, but Trinary is also a name for it. In that thread I LINKED THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE ON IT!?!??!?!?!?!?!?

Iceglade · (This post was last modified: 01-09-2015, 02:25 AM by Iceglade.)

(01-09-2015, 01:54 AM)Phasesaber Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 11:40 PM)Iceglade Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 07:58 PM)Phasesaber Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 06:05 PM)Nickster258 Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 05:38 PM)Phasesaber Wrote: To that one guy a few days ago in chat that said Hex was base 6, you're wrong. Base 6 is Sernary, sometimes know as Heximal, while base 16 is Hexadecimal, sometimes know as Hex. So check yo facts before you confuse guests.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senary

I'm pretty sure the one who said hexadecimal was base 6 was either drunk/high/typo. Hex (six) and decimal (ten) means hexadecimal. It only makes logical sense.

Also, we say "hex" to conserve on chat length and ease of typing it. Hex (base 6) is almost useless while hexadecimal is what we care about.

They didn't say Hexadecimal was base 6, they said Hex was base 6.

(01-08-2015, 06:50 PM)RekcirBrickeR Wrote: "hex" is not a counting system at all. its like casting a spell or a curse... MAGIC

arguments of semantics are pointless. I had someone say that to me too a while back. I don't give a crap about base 6. I'll say "hex" all I want and i mean hexadecimal.

+1

"Trinary" is not base 3

Yeah it is.....

That's exactly like this post......

Ternary is the proper term, but Trinary is also a name for it. In that thread I LINKED THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE ON IT!?!??!?!?!?!?!?

In my defense when you LINKED THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE ON IT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? it redirected me to a page reading "ternary number system". Apparently it's "also called" trinary but I had never heard that used before. The argument is identical to "hexadecimal" versus "hex".

Phase · 01-09-2015, 02:30 AM

(01-09-2015, 02:24 AM)Iceglade Wrote:
(01-09-2015, 01:54 AM)Phasesaber Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 11:40 PM)Iceglade Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 07:58 PM)Phasesaber Wrote:
(01-08-2015, 06:05 PM)Nickster258 Wrote: I'm pretty sure the one who said hexadecimal was base 6 was either drunk/high/typo. Hex (six) and decimal (ten) means hexadecimal. It only makes logical sense.

Also, we say "hex" to conserve on chat length and ease of typing it. Hex (base 6) is almost useless while hexadecimal is what we care about.

They didn't say Hexadecimal was base 6, they said Hex was base 6.

(01-08-2015, 06:50 PM)RekcirBrickeR Wrote: "hex" is not a counting system at all. its like casting a spell or a curse... MAGIC

arguments of semantics are pointless. I had someone say that to me too a while back. I don't give a crap about base 6. I'll say "hex" all I want and i mean hexadecimal.

+1

"Trinary" is not base 3

Yeah it is.....

That's exactly like this post......

Ternary is the proper term, but Trinary is also a name for it. In that thread I LINKED THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE ON IT!?!??!?!?!?!?!?

In my defense when you LINKED THE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE ON IT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? it redirected me to a page reading "ternary number system". Apparently it's "also called" trinary but I had never heard that used before. The argument is identical to "hexadecimal" versus "hex".

Yeah... it's identical.... that's the whole point of this thread....

Iceglade · (This post was last modified: 01-09-2015, 02:39 AM by Iceglade.)

The whole point of a thread about base 6 is to demonstrate that two words for base 16 are identical?

VirtualPineapple · 01-09-2015, 02:45 AM

>when talking about semantics on a technology based server forum

Phase · 01-09-2015, 05:10 AM

(01-09-2015, 02:38 AM)Iceglade Wrote: The whole point of a thread about base 6 is to demonstrate that two words for base 16 are identical?

Yeah, and for some reason you are bringing the topic from another thread into here.

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