Re: Base 8 counting in Gevey

In a message dated 15.10.2001 10:05:23 AM, and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

>Is there a "reason" for base 8? I don't know any real-world language that
>uses it (octal numbers in compsci don't count!), and unlike base 10 or
>base 20 I can't think of any obvious conection to countable appendages etc.
>
    ::typin' this very email 3-Toed Sloth Style * :: Well, I can imagine some
people countin' only the 4 elongated digits called "fingers" on each hand.
Wouldn't that be octal?
    I finger count mostly on my fingies - excludin' my opposable thumbs
::wiggles free thumbs:: when dealin' with counting objects or numbers lower
than nine. I found it rather useful countin' this way when dealin' with tons
of quarters (25 cents) & pilin' 'em up into stacks of four to make a
dollar... stacks of eight to make 2 dollars, etc.

    czHANg, grateful Higher Primate musin' & amusin'

* - meanin' I am typin' with three digits of each hand sans thumb & pinkie
usage