2002-01-06 I think this is a plot by anti-metric luddites to "rid the world" of SI. The only way they can is to replace the number base from 10 to something else. Let them live in their fantasy world.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-01-06 12:56 Subject: [USMA:17273] Base 100 system > There are many websites explaining the advantages of > different number system like > base-8 (octal using digits from 0-7) > base-12 (duodecimal using digits from 0-9,A,B,10) > base-16 (hexadecimal using digits from 0-9,A-F). > > The proponents claim that the entire World should > switch over to their system. > > The only common thing among these 3 number systems are > 1. They all have division by 2 (half, quarter, etc) > whereas in base-10 (only upto half is available). > 2. Base-12 and base-16 systems allow lesser digits for > representation. > for ex - we should only 1 digit > A for 10 and B for 11. > > If they really want lesser digits, then I will propose > base-100 system which has 1 character to represent > numbers from 0-99. > > You may wonder that Latin has only 26 letters, but we > can borrow other characters from other languages like > Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Cyrillic, etc. The only > problem is that a person has to learn 100 characters > instead of the present 10. Perhaps computers can use > it internally. > > Base-100 will still confirm with base-10. > > Madan > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ >
