That's using a different notation than our more familiar number systems, though.
If we were treating it like base 2 (or 10 or 8 or 16), we would evaluate 0000 as 1^30+1^20+1^10+1^00 = 0. A number system where the only number you can represent is 0 is a bit less useful.
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That's using a different notation than our more familiar number systems, though.
If we were treating it like base 2 (or 10 or 8 or 16), we would evaluate 0000 as 1^30+1^20+1^10+1^00 = 0. A number system where the only number you can represent is 0 is a bit less useful.