... This is where the multiplication table comes in. A table of values already calculated for easy reference. It's also why kids are taught the times tables....
195504
Roger Mills
romiltz@...
Mar 7, 2013 4:42 pm
... I don't believe that's how I learned it. I learned a method like this: http://www.mathsisfun.com/long_division.html ...
195505
BPJ
bpj@...
Mar 7, 2013 4:49 pm
... Too much mouse-pointing and menu-mucking for my taste. I'm basically a plain-text guy. Besides I can sort any which way me pleases (almost) from within...
195506
Roger Mills
romiltz@...
Mar 7, 2013 5:02 pm
... But I think this method also involve guess and check: the operation "42 ÷ 25 = 1 remainder 17" is presented as a single step, but it involves guessing 1...
195507
Logan Kearsley
chronosurfer@...
Mar 7, 2013 5:51 pm
... I don't think so; however, you can eliminate all of the trial and error by simply trying all possible options in order. The radix/base of your numeral...
195508
Padraic Brown
elemtilas@...
Mar 7, 2013 6:12 pm
... We did (1970s). Does anyone know if the Romans had multiplication or division tables? It would be a trivial matter for an educated slave to crunch numbers...
195509
Logan Kearsley
chronosurfer@...
Mar 7, 2013 6:32 pm
... Sadly, I cannot provide examples of conlangs with entirely non-place-value systems. However, Klingon uses a place-value system that's rather different from...
195510
Matthew George
matt.msg@...
Mar 7, 2013 8:12 pm
Why bother creating a system to make less work for slaves? They're *slaves* . Or so I presume the Romans would have thought. Matt G....
195511
Matthew George
matt.msg@...
Mar 7, 2013 8:17 pm
I've been playing around with extending Esperanto so that it can easily refer to certain complexities. If I manage to pull it off, what would be a good way to...
195512
MorphemeAddict
lytlesw@...
Mar 7, 2013 8:39 pm
What kind of extension do you have in mind? As for how to do it, just use it. When people ask about it, explain it. I doubt there's any official way to...
195513
Adam Walker
carraxan@...
Mar 7, 2013 8:50 pm
Post it somewhere very public on an Esperanto forum. Anonymously. Change your name. Go into hiding. Flee to a country with no extradition treat for...
195514
Gary Shannon
fiziwig@...
Mar 7, 2013 9:09 pm
Give it a different name and call it a separate language descended from (or inspired by) Esperanto. For example: Romániço (inspired by Esperanto, but not a...
195515
selpa'i
m3o@...
Mar 7, 2013 9:38 pm
la'o me. Matthew George .me cusku di'e ... Be a living example. Translate something interesting into your variety of Esperanto (maybe something that shows its...
195516
Jack Steiner
darktomatogod@...
Mar 7, 2013 9:44 pm
conlang@listserv.brown.edu I knew immediately that this was for you. its cheap to get started it treat all my friends to dinner now. http://goo.gl/lLqaW...
195517
Dustfinger Batailleur
dustfinger42@...
Mar 7, 2013 9:46 pm
Seems legit....
195518
Matthew George
matt.msg@...
Mar 7, 2013 9:47 pm
As Douglas Adams noted, the major problem with time travel is dealing with the resulting grammar. I'm trying to write grammatical additions that would permit...
195519
Adam Walker
carraxan@...
Mar 7, 2013 9:58 pm
Umm. Yeah. Prepare to be Sweet Browned. Adam...
195520
Jim Henry
jimhenry1973@...
Mar 7, 2013 10:00 pm
... What kind of extension are we talking about? Something that would result in a different language, or something that could still be arguably called...
195521
MorphemeAddict
lytlesw@...
Mar 7, 2013 10:16 pm
I once proposed a new tense for Esperanto, using an ending "-es", to represent events outside the event cone of relativity. ...
195522
Matthew George
matt.msg@...
Mar 7, 2013 10:42 pm
... That does seem like an odd thing to represent in the fundamental grammar of a language. What purpose did you have, that talking about extra-reality events...
195523
Gary Shannon
fiziwig@...
Mar 7, 2013 11:06 pm
Spam, Spam, eggs, bacon, and Spam....
195524
Larry Sulky
larrysulky@...
Mar 7, 2013 11:36 pm
I still can't figure out how he knew it was for me. ... -- *Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day I can hear her breathing. --...
195525
H. S. Teoh
hsteoh@...
Mar 7, 2013 11:45 pm
... ObConlang: how do you express the above in your conlang? ;-) T -- PNP = Plug 'N' Pray...
195526
Jack Steiner
darktomatogod@...
Mar 8, 2013 12:08 am
I just know you all so well of course. In all seriousness though currently solving this bug. Sorry 'bout that....
195527
father's personal
tepeyachill@...
Mar 8, 2013 12:16 am
In Senjecas: spice = básmos; ham = spĂgos; spiced ham (SPAM) = bĂ smÉ™spĂgos. Senjecas has no way of expressing Spam meaning unwanted e-mail. bacon -...
195528
MorphemeAddict
lytlesw@...
Mar 8, 2013 12:55 am
... Another possibility for the use of a new tense was an "unspecified tense", as I understand Greek aorist to be, or as described in Rick Morneau's Latejami....
195529
MorphemeAddict
lytlesw@...
Mar 8, 2013 12:57 am
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 7:15 PM, father's personal < ... What is an unfertilized egg not for eating called? stevo...
195530
father's personal
tepeyachill@...
Mar 8, 2013 1:06 am
No such thing. Charlie ... On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 7:15 PM, father's personal < ... What is an unfertilized egg not for eating called? stevo...
195531
Patrick Dunn
pwdunn@...
Mar 8, 2013 1:13 am
... Well, in finite verbs the aorist certainly has a definite tense, namely the past. But in imperatives, infinitives and subjunctive/optative forms, as well...
