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Most people have heard of hexidecimal. If you haven`t, then basically it is a different way of counting where you go in groups of 16 instead of 10. For example, normally you would see the following:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
But hexidecimal gives:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f, 10
This means that the hexidecimal can go up to 255.
So, why is this important? Well, if you remember the Final Fantasy games, as I`m sure everyone does, especially with FF9 about to be released, you will notice that the statistics for each of the individual attributes range between 0 and 255, (Coincidence? Nah, I don`t think so). What else uses 255? Well, the most relevant answer to that is the new PS2 dual shock controller. It was said to have 255 degrees of "push power", which would lead to 255 different amounts of acceleration, or 255 differing amounts of power in a punch etc...
One of the most common uses of hexidecimal is in programming for colours. You`ll notice that the max amount of Red, Green or Blue allowed on the YABASIC is 255. When using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), the symbols are used in hexidecimal in the same way.
So, in my opinion the number 255 is the most magical number.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
But hexidecimal gives:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f, 10
This means that the hexidecimal can go up to 255.
So, why is this important? Well, if you remember the Final Fantasy games, as I`m sure everyone does, especially with FF9 about to be released, you will notice that the statistics for each of the individual attributes range between 0 and 255, (Coincidence? Nah, I don`t think so). What else uses 255? Well, the most relevant answer to that is the new PS2 dual shock controller. It was said to have 255 degrees of "push power", which would lead to 255 different amounts of acceleration, or 255 differing amounts of power in a punch etc...
One of the most common uses of hexidecimal is in programming for colours. You`ll notice that the max amount of Red, Green or Blue allowed on the YABASIC is 255. When using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), the symbols are used in hexidecimal in the same way.
So, in my opinion the number 255 is the most magical number.
Its a bit boring to do the whole thing, but then again, I was bored that day!
Ah yes... hee hee... cool!
WM, go to the topic "You all have to try this".
The digits of any multiple of 9 eventually add up to 9!
2 x 9 = 18 ... 1 + 8 = 9
9 x 9 = 81 ... 8 + 1 = 9
64 x 9 = 576 ... 5 + 7 + 6 = 18 ... 1 + 8 = 9
See?
2 x 9 = 18 ... 1 + 8 = 9
9 x 9 = 81 ... 8 + 1 = 9
64 x 9 = 576 ... 5 + 7 + 6 = 18 ... 1 + 8 = 9
See?
Is that because of FFIX or what else?
The number 9 is the most magical/mystical number!
Most people have heard of hexidecimal. If you haven`t, then basically it is a different way of counting where you go in groups of 16 instead of 10. For example, normally you would see the following:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
But hexidecimal gives:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f, 10
This means that the hexidecimal can go up to 255.
So, why is this important? Well, if you remember the Final Fantasy games, as I`m sure everyone does, especially with FF9 about to be released, you will notice that the statistics for each of the individual attributes range between 0 and 255, (Coincidence? Nah, I don`t think so). What else uses 255? Well, the most relevant answer to that is the new PS2 dual shock controller. It was said to have 255 degrees of "push power", which would lead to 255 different amounts of acceleration, or 255 differing amounts of power in a punch etc...
One of the most common uses of hexidecimal is in programming for colours. You`ll notice that the max amount of Red, Green or Blue allowed on the YABASIC is 255. When using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), the symbols are used in hexidecimal in the same way.
So, in my opinion the number 255 is the most magical number.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
But hexidecimal gives:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f, 10
This means that the hexidecimal can go up to 255.
So, why is this important? Well, if you remember the Final Fantasy games, as I`m sure everyone does, especially with FF9 about to be released, you will notice that the statistics for each of the individual attributes range between 0 and 255, (Coincidence? Nah, I don`t think so). What else uses 255? Well, the most relevant answer to that is the new PS2 dual shock controller. It was said to have 255 degrees of "push power", which would lead to 255 different amounts of acceleration, or 255 differing amounts of power in a punch etc...
One of the most common uses of hexidecimal is in programming for colours. You`ll notice that the max amount of Red, Green or Blue allowed on the YABASIC is 255. When using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), the symbols are used in hexidecimal in the same way.
So, in my opinion the number 255 is the most magical number.