Garl Grigsby wrote:
Mike Cherba wrote:
"Counting in octal is just like counting in decimal, if you don't use
your thumbs." --— Tom Lehrer.
So that would make counting in binary just like counting in decimal,
but you ONLY use your thumbs.
--Garl
Silly thought perhaps, but - a foot has 12 inches and common clock face
has 12 hours - could it be that having 6 digits one each hand was at one
time fairly common?
Regards
Fred James
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