ManiacDan Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 We can base64 them all, make it kind of a game. Who has the most posts? TRY TO FIND OUT! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
requinix Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 It'd be too easy though, once you get used to it. Digits are larger than lowercase letters are larger than uppercase letters. j672W > KjSJ6. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacDan Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Dude...why do you even know that? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Dude...why do you even know that? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
requinix Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Well I did have to look up how uppercase letters compared to lowercase letters. Learned along the way that no, digits 0-9 aren't actually the digits 0-9 like you would expect. And it's not even the reverse of ASCII too (where digits Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicken Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I vote we make them roman numerals. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Fingers and toes! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacDan Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Roman numeral converters are annoying because the rules aren't set. Though dec2roman is easier than roman2dec. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 What do you mean the rules aren't set? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389605 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacDan Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 What do you mean the rules aren't set? 9 is IX and 4 is IV, but 99 is not IC, it's XCIX. They favor the X over the L. Similarly, 499 is CDXCIX. The rule is consistent for NINES but not for "one less than the next largest digit." It's difficult to do programmatically. Not impossible, just not fun. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 What do you mean the rules aren't set? 9 is IX and 4 is IV, but 99 is not IC, it's XCIX. They favor the X over the L. Similarly, 499 is CDXCIX. The rule is consistent for NINES but not for "one less than the next largest digit." It's difficult to do programmatically. Not impossible, just not fun. The rules for subtraction are (Reference: http://www.factmonst...a/A0769547.html) Several rules apply for subtracting amounts from Roman numerals: a. Only subtract powers of ten (I, X, or C, but not V or L) For 95, do NOT write VC (100 – 5). DO write XCV (XC + V or 90 + 5) b. Only subtract one number from another. For 13, do NOT write IIXV (15 – 1 - 1). DO write XIII (X + I + I + I or 10 + 3) c. Do not subtract a number from one that is more than 10 times greater (that is, you can subtract 1 from 10 [iX] but not 1 from 20—there is no such number as IXX.) For 99, do NOT write IC (C – I or 100 - 1). DO write XCIX (XC + IX or 90 + 9) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu2000 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Well, no wonder Roman numerals are so popular. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 so if roman numerals are letters, does that make romans the original leetspeakers? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 so if roman numerals are letters, does that make romans the original leetspeakers? FIRST! You see what I did there? Cuz an I is really a 1!! aHAHAHAHahahAHA Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikosiko Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 what the heck is everybody smoking lately?.... c'mon share some Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/270120-formatting-post-numbers/page/2/#findComment-1389724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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