# Count in Trinary **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 15, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594 "2021-01-15T13:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/21 "2021-01-16T14:49:18Z")
200 is the age of majority in most of the world. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/22 "2021-01-16T14:49:42Z")
What is this “8” you speak of? ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/23 "2021-01-16T15:57:57Z")
- Octo - ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/24 "2021-01-16T16:14:22Z")
Steely Dan song: “Hey, 201.” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/25 "2021-01-16T16:41:47Z")
An icosahedron has 202 faces. And what is this “octo” you speak of, **Crane**? Are you an alien? ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/26 "2021-01-16T17:15:01Z")
_“I turned 210 in prison doing life without parole…”_ —Merle Haggard ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/27 "2021-01-16T19:07:03Z")
2(base 10) times 11(base 10) equals 211. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/28 "2021-01-16T22:29:06Z")
212 skidoo kiddo ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/29 "2021-01-16T23:33:42Z")
Pure gold is 220 karats. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/30 "2021-01-17T02:01:40Z")
A quarter is 221 cents ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/31 "2021-01-17T07:25:26Z")
There are 222 letters in our alphabet. ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/32 "2021-01-17T09:56:05Z")
1000 is 10 **³**. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/33 "2021-01-17T15:14:29Z")
Huh - despite spending quite a few years studying mathematics, that’s the first time I’ve noticed that this true regardless of base used (pretty much by definition, so it’s not particularly ‘interesting’ mathematically - I’m just surprised if not realised this before). 1001 is perfect. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/34 "2021-01-17T16:35:51Z")
Last February had 1002 days. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/35 "2021-01-17T17:08:43Z")
1010 days hath September, April, June and November; ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/36 "2021-01-17T18:35:45Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > 1000 is 10 **³**. 10 to the WHAT power? I don’t recognize that number. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/37 "2021-01-17T19:42:58Z")
Can we just pretend that it said 1000 is 1010 and keep going? ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/38 "2021-01-17T23:50:09Z")
Baskin-Robins has 1011 _3-1icious_ flavors. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/39 "2021-01-18T01:13:30Z")
Water freezes at 1012° F. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/40 "2021-01-18T01:52:58Z")
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