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+1 what Stick said

Posted By: Matt Cohn-Geier
Date: Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 12:18 p.m.

In Response To: +1 what Stick said (Taper_Mike)

Arabic numerals have tangible advantages. When you perform arithmetical computations more complicated than addition or subtraction, or use non-decimal number bases, Arabic numerals are significantly more convenient. If no one ever did anything other than count in base-10, Roman numerals would probably have prevailed. And counting in base-10 is all you do in scoring a backgammon match.

I really don't see a tangible advantage to scoring things in "away" language. I don't see why normal scoring is complicated. And "3a 7a Next" doesn't convince me. In tennis, ping pong, any best-of-X playoff series, the "real circumstance" is away scoring, but every human being seems to understand normal scoring just fine and as far as I know it hasn't caused a problem yet.

Messages In This Thread

• Score cards
  Tom Keith -- Monday, 1 July 2013, at 4:54 p.m.
  • Score cards
    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 1 July 2013, at 5:09 p.m.
    • Score cards
      Chiva Tafazzoli -- Monday, 1 July 2013, at 5:21 p.m.
      • Score cards
        Chuck Bower -- Monday, 1 July 2013, at 5:28 p.m.
        • Score cards
          Michael Crane -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 7:30 a.m.
    • Score cards
      Tom Keith -- Monday, 1 July 2013, at 5:43 p.m.
  • Score cards
    Phil Simborg -- Monday, 1 July 2013, at 6:08 p.m.
    • Score cards
      storm -- Monday, 1 July 2013, at 7:41 p.m.
      • Score cards
        neilkaz -- Monday, 1 July 2013, at 7:44 p.m.
      • Score cards
        BenF -- Wednesday, 3 July 2013, at 2:42 a.m.
        • Score cards
          storm -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 9:56 a.m.
          • Agreed. Though minuscule
            Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 10:01 a.m.
    • Score cards
      Jason Lee -- Monday, 1 July 2013, at 8:17 p.m.
      • Score cards
        Chuck Bower -- Monday, 1 July 2013, at 11:25 p.m.
      • Score cards
        Art Grater -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 10:06 a.m.
        • Score cards
          Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 4:46 p.m.
          • Score cards
            Art Grater -- Wednesday, 3 July 2013, at 6:03 a.m.
      • Away scoring
        Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 12:34 p.m.
        • Away scoring
          neilkaz -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 6:27 p.m.
          • Away scoring
            Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 7:02 p.m.
          • +1
            Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 2:21 a.m.
            • –1
              Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 5:32 a.m.
              • +1
                Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 6:27 a.m.
                • +1
                  Stick -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 7:16 a.m.
                  • +1 what Stick said
                    Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 9:26 a.m.
                    • Why I care...
                      Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 9:48 a.m.
                      • Why I care...
                        Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 11:34 a.m.
                        • These scoresheets ARE an aid and must be ILLEGAL
                          Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 1:32 p.m.
                          • These scoresheets ARE an aid and must be ILLEGAL
                            Stick -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 1:55 p.m.
                            • These scoresheets ARE an aid and must be ILLEGAL
                              Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 2:24 p.m.
                              • These scoresheets ARE an aid and must be ILLEGAL
                                Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 2:34 p.m.
                                • +1 These scoresheets ARE an aid and must be ILLEGAL
                                  Keene -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 6:41 p.m.
                          • These scoresheets ARE an aid and must be ILLEGAL
                            Phil Simborg -- Friday, 12 July 2013, at 12:10 p.m.
                            • These scoresheets ARE an aid and must be ILLEGAL
                              Tom Keith -- Friday, 12 July 2013, at 1:02 p.m.
                            • These scoresheets ARE an aid and must be ILLEGAL
                              Bob Koca -- Friday, 12 July 2013, at 5:05 p.m.
                            • These scoresheets ARE an aid and must be ILLEGAL
                              Rod -- Saturday, 13 July 2013, at 8:05 a.m.
                              • Sense of Perspective
                                Colin Owen -- Saturday, 13 July 2013, at 9:43 p.m.
                                • Sense of Perspective
                                  Rod -- Sunday, 14 July 2013, at 1:20 a.m.
                                  • Sense of Perspective
                                    Colin Owen -- Sunday, 14 July 2013, at 2:18 p.m.
                                    • Sense of Perspective
                                      Rod -- Sunday, 14 July 2013, at 4:42 p.m.
                                      • Sense of Perspective
                                        Colin Owen -- Monday, 15 July 2013, at 1:17 a.m.
                                        • Sense of Perspective
                                          Rod -- Monday, 15 July 2013, at 2:39 a.m.
                    • +1 what Stick said
                      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 9:49 a.m.
                      • +1 what Stick said
                        Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 11:01 a.m.
                        • +1 what Stick said
                          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 12:18 p.m.
                          • +1 what Stick said
                            Stick -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 1:50 p.m.
                            • +1 what Stick said
                              Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 2:25 p.m.
                              • +1 what Stick said
                                Tom Keith -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 3:16 p.m.
                                • +1 what Stick said
                                  Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 3:47 p.m.
                                  • +1 what Stick said
                                    Tom Keith -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 3:53 p.m.
                                    • +1 what Stick said
                                      Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 4:39 p.m.
                                    • +1 what Stick said
                                      Colin Owen -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 5:05 p.m.
                            • +1 what Stick said
                              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 2:34 p.m.
                            • +1 what Stick said
                              christian munk-christensen -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 6:51 p.m.
                              • +1 what Stick said
                                Stick -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 9:48 p.m.
                                • +1 what Stick said
                                  Christian Munk-Christensen -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 7:56 a.m.
                              • ZERO upside?
                                Jason Lee -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 12:30 p.m.
                                • ZERO upside?
                                  Christian Munk-Christensen -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 5:19 p.m.
                                  • ZERO upside?
                                    Jason Lee -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 9:22 p.m.
                        • Like nactation
                          Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 1:40 p.m.
                          • Like nactation
                            Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 2:22 p.m.
                            • Like nactation
                              Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 2:27 p.m.
                              • Like nactation
                                Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 2:30 p.m.
                          • +1 *NM*
                            christian munk-christensen -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 6:31 p.m.
                          • Like nactation
                            Stick -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 9:46 p.m.
                            • Like nactation
                              Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 10:39 p.m.
                              • Like nactation
                                Stick -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 10:47 p.m.
                                • Like nactation
                                  Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 11:08 p.m.
                                  • Like nactation
                                    Stick -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 11:11 p.m.
                                    • Like nactation
                                      Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 11:42 p.m.
                                      • Like nactation
                                        Dmitriy Obukhov -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 2:25 p.m.
                                        • Like nactation
                                          Rod -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 3:00 p.m.
                                          • Like nactation
                                            Dmitriy Obukhov -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 3:35 p.m.
                                      • Like nactation
                                        Dmitriy Obukhov -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 3:10 p.m.
                                  • Like nactation
                                    Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 11:39 p.m.
                                    • Like nactation
                                      Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 11:56 p.m.
                                      • Like nactation
                                        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 1:57 a.m.
                                        • Like nactation
                                          Rod -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 3:01 a.m.
                                      • Like nactation
                                        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 2:01 a.m.
                                        • Like nactation
                                          Rod -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 3:00 a.m.
                                          • Like nactation
                                            Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 3:26 a.m.
                                            • Like nactation
                                              Rod -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 4:12 a.m.
                                              • Like nactation
                                                Terrapin -- Friday, 12 July 2013, at 9:40 p.m.
                                                • Like nactation
                                                  Matt Cohn-Geier -- Friday, 12 July 2013, at 11:31 p.m.
                                        • Like nactation
                                          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 10:23 a.m.
    • Score cards
      Taper_Mike -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 12:12 a.m.
      • Score cards
        Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 1:04 a.m.
      • Score cards
        Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 4:16 a.m.
        • Score cards
          Taper_Mike -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 4:26 a.m.
          • Score cards
            Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 12:58 p.m.
  • Score cards
    Ray Kershaw -- Monday, 1 July 2013, at 6:36 p.m.
    • Score cards
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 1 July 2013, at 7:38 p.m.
      • Score cards
        svilo -- Monday, 1 July 2013, at 9:52 p.m.
    • Score cards
      Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 2:37 p.m.
  • Score cards
    backgame -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 1:07 a.m.
    • Score cards
      Taper_Mike -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 4:22 a.m.
      • Score cards
        Taper_Mike -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 4:30 a.m.
  • Score cards
    Taper_Mike -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 4:50 a.m.
    • Recording cube position
      Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 1:05 p.m.
      • Recording cube position
        Taper_Mike -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 3:28 p.m.
      • Recording cube position
        Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 4:43 p.m.
        • Recording cube position
          Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 5:04 p.m.
          • Handling the cube.... Rule IS worded properly
            Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 1:45 p.m.
            • Handling the cube.... Rule IS worded properly
              Tom Keith -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 3:22 p.m.
              • Handling the cube.... Rule IS worded properly
                Art Grater -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 5:37 p.m.
              • Definition
                Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 5:40 p.m.
      • Recording cube position
        neilkaz -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 6:22 p.m.
  • Score cards
    Keene -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 4:43 p.m.
    • Score cards
      Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 5:17 p.m.
  • Score cards
    neilkaz -- Tuesday, 2 July 2013, at 6:21 p.m.
    • Score cards
      TarHeelFan -- Wednesday, 3 July 2013, at 1:49 a.m.
      • Score cards
        BenF -- Wednesday, 3 July 2013, at 2:52 a.m.
  • Bring your own paper and pencil keep score how you want
    Bill Finneran -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 2:40 p.m.
  • Away scoring — Actions speak louder than words
    Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 4:48 p.m.
    • Away scoring — Actions speak louder than words
      Jason Lee -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 6:21 p.m.
      • Away scoring — Actions speak louder than words
        Rod -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 6:59 p.m.
    • Away scoring — Actions speak louder than words
      Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 10 July 2013, at 8:39 p.m.
    • Away scoring — Actions speak louder than words
      Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 5:49 a.m.
      • Away scoring — Actions speak louder than words
        Keene -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 1:43 p.m.
      • Away scoring at tournaments.... Illegal
        Rod -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 2:03 p.m.
        • Away scoring at tournaments.... Illegal
          Rod -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 2:04 p.m.
      • Away scoring — Actions speak louder than words
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 3:30 p.m.
    • Away scoring — Actions speak louder than words
      Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 11 July 2013, at 2:23 p.m.
      • Away scoring — Actions speak louder than words
        Mike Clapsadle -- Friday, 12 July 2013, at 2:14 a.m.
        • Away scoring — Actions speak louder than words
          Colin Owen -- Friday, 12 July 2013, at 5:36 a.m.
          • Away scoring � Actions speak louder than words
            Jason Lee -- Friday, 12 July 2013, at 12:29 p.m.