[azornathogron]

> I am pretty sure they can come up with some other math concept which packs 8 numbers into one, not four.

Yes, those are called octonions.

Though I don't know if anyone has tried to use one to draw an elephant.

[olddustytrail]

Surely if you're using octonions you have to draw a....squid! Or possibly some other cephalopod.