Re: USAGE: Well, at least he created numbers.....
| From: | Sylvia Sotomayor <kelen@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 21, 2002, 18:00 |
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On Sunday 20 January 2002 22:30, Chris Palmer wrote:
> On Sunday, January 20, 2002, at 04:07 , Sylvia Sotomayor wrote:
> > Kélen counts in base 8, with vestigial base 12 and sort-of 16,
> > which means that higher numbers are usually counted in 96's,
> > until one reaches 64 squared (4096). So...
>
> Any particular reason, or just because it's cool?
>
Well, mostly because it is cool. And because 96 is 8x12, so it is
where the two systems come together. And because I didn't want to
count in 64s.
I'm getting even more convinced that the engineers have their own
simplified counting system. But the regular one is fun for the
various merchants and other people who tend to count in whole numbers.
-Sylvia
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Sylvia Sotomayor
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