tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post3330972419668195494..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: Base sixty is kind of trickyMichael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-48134988987383969542008-07-16T20:49:00.000-07:002008-07-16T20:49:00.000-07:00My calculator that does degrees-minutes-seconds to...My calculator that does degrees-minutes-seconds to decimal degrees conversions cost me 3 dollars. At the time I bought it, that would have been about $2.50 US.Efriquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526031804261484547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-35596786109813911712008-07-16T15:59:00.000-07:002008-07-16T15:59:00.000-07:00My wife got shorted on some pay checks for similar...My wife got shorted on some pay checks for similar reasons. She knew enough math to spot it, her boss did not see what the mistake was. I think many people are loosing valuable pay based on similar errors: you work 75 minutes and get paid for 3/4 of an hour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-48535707266358303162008-07-16T14:12:00.001-07:002008-07-16T14:12:00.001-07:00John,you can fix that by just declaring that 15 = ...John,<BR/><BR/>you can fix that by just declaring that 15 = 1, i. e. doing all astronomical and timekeeping calculations modulo 14.Michael Lugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-42345604650044556972008-07-16T14:12:00.000-07:002008-07-16T14:12:00.000-07:00That's a good point. I was picturing the sort of ...That's a good point. I was picturing the sort of calculator that only has, say, the four arithmetic operations, square roots, and percents, though. You seem to have something a bit more complicated (what Americans would call a "scientific calculator"; I'm not sure if the nomenclature is different elsewhere) in mind.Michael Lugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-80850735874150435152008-07-16T14:11:00.000-07:002008-07-16T14:11:00.000-07:00What's really confusing is that there's 15 degrees...What's really confusing is that there's 15 degrees in an hour, and thus 15 minutes per minute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-40081384330084240232008-07-16T12:48:00.000-07:002008-07-16T12:48:00.000-07:00Yes, but unfortunately they call it _degrees_ and ...Yes, but unfortunately they call it _degrees_ and minutes (and seconds), so people usually don't realize they are the same thing.<BR/><BR/>The key is labeled °'" on most calculators.Vekyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207072339468136950noreply@blogger.com