Hi Dan,
> > You've fallen for their propaganda! It's a well-known secret that
> > Canonical work in senary internally. 10/10/10 is not what it seems!
>
> I don't get it.
You're not the only one based on the off-list emails I'm getting. :-)
Senary is base 6, just like binary is base 2. The number written
one-zero, 10, in decimal means one ten, and no units. In base 2, 10 is
the quantity 2, and in base 6, senary, it's the quantity 6. So 10/10/10
in senary is 6/6/6 in decimal; the number of the beast from the bible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast
Although, as Sean pointed out, 6/1/6 is now a contender too.
Well, I thought it was funny.
Cheers,
Ralph.
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