T-Rex: SOME people are used to counting in base 10, where they've got 10 digits (0 through 9). In this system, the number 24 means twenty-four things!

T-Rex: But this is not the only way!

T-Rex: 24 in base 10 ACTUALLY means "two tens and four ones", which adds up to twenty-four. But if we were counting in base 5, for instance - where the only numbers we have are from 0 to 4 - then 24 would mean "two FIVES and four ones" - in other words, fourteen! We call base 10 "base 10" because every number in it can be multiplied by 10 by adding a zero to the end. In base 5, added zeros multiply by 5!

Utahraptor: And there's bases that go higher, too!
T-Rex: That's right! You can use any base.

T-Rex: In base 16, "24" would mean "2 sixteens and four ones", or 36! And we can use letters (A-F) to represent the digits ten to fifteen, like "3A", which means 58!
T-Rex and Utahraptor: All this and more is possible with alternative base systems!

Narrator: LATER:
T-Rex: 〚thinks〛 WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?
T-Rex: 〚thinks〛 I STILL REALLY WISH DROMICEIOMIMUS HAD BROUGHT ME BACK SOMETHING FROM AUSTRALASIA

July 24th, 2007: Last weekend we sent out the last of the acceptance letters (FOR NOW) for the Machine of Death anthology! It's the anthology based on this comic where we (David, Matthew and myself) asked the general internet community for stories. The response was overwhelming and of an extremely high quality. You can read the final lineup here, which I recommend checking out! We also talk about the process and the response. Now it is just a matter of sending out cheques and getting things published. Congratulations to all the authors!

I really think you will enjoy this book!

FINALLY, happy Pi Approximation Day to those of you who celebrated it yesterday! You can celebrate by just sort of rubbing a pie around your face. If you were doing that anyway yesterday, well then, you celebrated it by accident!

One year ago today: AMAZING TRUE FACT: i wrote this comic in the emergency room of the toronto western hospital?

– Ryan