To: vannrox
"How would one explain the many statements in the Spanish chronicles, both those written by Spaniards and by literate Andeans, who stated quite straightforwardly that the Inca used a base 10 counting system? Well, we use a base 10 counting system in everyday life, but we use a base 2 counting system in our calculating machines.
2 posted on
02/03/2004 6:11:16 AM PST by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Where do you suppose we got our base-12 system?
And how well-developed could their civilization have been when they didn't know about wheels?
4 posted on
02/03/2004 6:25:37 AM PST by
Redbob
To: E. Pluribus Unum
1001110011010110010101000110101010011000110
20 posted on
02/03/2004 7:00:27 AM PST by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Write in Tancredo in 04'!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Excellent point, EPU.
37 posted on
02/03/2004 7:35:06 AM PST by
expatpat
To: E. Pluribus Unum
There ar 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary and those who don't.
49 posted on
02/03/2004 8:38:52 AM PST by
js1138
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