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To: Terpfen

>>>>Because computers use base-12 counting.

No, computers use binary.


4 posted on 01/24/2005 3:18:37 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (Common Sense is an Oxymoron)
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To: Keith in Iowa

Yeah, but memory allocation is still done in base-12, and that's what this thread's about.


5 posted on 01/24/2005 3:28:51 PM PST by Terpfen (Gore/Sharpton '08: it's Al-right!)
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