To: captain_dave
Base ten numeral systems at least make sense historically. Count your fingers to see why we count in base ten.
3 posted on
05/25/2006 6:57:31 PM PDT by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: Gordongekko909
They make sense in the lab too. The powers of ten (milli, mega, giga, etc.) don't quite work with inches, feet, and furlongs. I know some people have espoused going to a base 12 system, which is pretty cool.
6 posted on
05/25/2006 7:01:30 PM PDT by
opticks
To: Gordongekko909
Base 12 is much nicer...just can't use your fingers so readily.
18 posted on
05/25/2006 7:34:41 PM PDT by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Gordongekko909
Base 12 is much nicer...just can't use your fingers so readily.
Oh, and Base 12 is ancient.
19 posted on
05/25/2006 7:35:08 PM PDT by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: Gordongekko909
Because we got so fat that most of us can't see our feet?
25 posted on
05/25/2006 8:21:22 PM PDT by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Gordongekko909
Base ten numeral systems at least make sense historically. Count your fingers to see why we count in base ten. I had a wood shop teacher that was pushing base 9.
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