On 13 Sep 2007, at 19:54, Baz Juniper wrote: > > On 13 Sep 2007, at 18:22, Andy Greener wrote: > >> Err, I should add, that this can only be pure speculation, but it >> would make the foundation of an interesting science fiction novel... >> hmmmm... (I can recall a number of stories where aliens had power-of- >> two number systems, but never eight-fingered humans :-).... Unless >> someone knows different! > > Do you not watch 'The Simpsons'?
D'oh! Not regularly, no... > > Mr Groening has the copyright on 8 digit characters. Curses. -- Andy Greener n.b. Whisper Pangbourne, UK http://www.nb-whisper.com "Standards are an endurance sport."
