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Dear Believers in Numbers,
dear pythagoreans and rationalists, dear pseudo- and anti-rationalists, dear accountants and kabbalists, dear MBAs and numerologists, dear all who deeply believe in meaningful numbers, and that 1 + 1 = 2; You are right, but not always: there are exceptions, believe it or not, where 1 + 1 is |
| 0 | one step forward, one step back, bottom-line: no net effect despite all efforts. |
| 1 | 1 AND 1 in Boolean algebra is 1: the second "1" does not contain a new element. |
| 1 or many |
1 drop of water and 1 more drop of water, together, form one bigger drop of water,
unless it gets too big and divides into many smaller droplets |
| 1.9x |
1 liter water and 1 liter alcohol gives 1.9x liter 50% alcohol, and the temperature goes up.
an example for the conversion of volume into energy ;-) |
| 2 | thatīs the plain normal rule, needed to justify the exceptions |
| 2.01 | 1%, 1% more, plus 1% of 1%, makes 2.01% : basis for capitalism and exponential growth |
| 3 | one man and one woman can make one man, one woman, one child. How? Ask your parents! |
| 10 | there is no "2" in the binary system. Ask your computer how it works, bitwise, deep inside. |
| 11 | position matters in the decimal system. The first (left) one is ten times as big. Makes eleven. |
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1&1
http://www.einsundeins.de
is the name of my internet provider.
2 http://www.zwei.de is not the name of my internet provider. |