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Quest! (Sonnet) by ?-Dave_Mysterious-?

Upon this wand'ring quest, For which I wear a vest, Should those who show bare breast, Be under house arrest. I'll always do my best, To proudly sport my crest, To East or to the West, With ne'er a falt'ring zest! I'm always fully dressed, It's nudeness I detest, For if you had not guessed, With clothing I am blessed! My inner pain shall forever my burden be.

-=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. 21-Nov-04/4:21 AM
You don't understand. I'm not skipping letters, I'm simply adding on an additional letter, Z, whose value is 35 (contrary to the idiotic error in my last comment). A's value is still 10.

Let us use base 10, where letters A-F are used to represent numbers 10 through 15. Then DEAF = (13 * 1000) + (14 * 100) + (10 * 10) + (15 * 1). This doesn't magically make it hexademical, in which DEAF = (13 * 4096) + (14 * 256) + (10 * 16) + (15 * 1).




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