On 10/25/06, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bob La Quey wrote:
> Hmm ... kind of fun.
>
> But it also leads toward an intriguing idea.
>
> Metric is good, but really should be based on division by
> two not ten. Division by two is much more natural than
> division by ten.
Sorry. I disagree. I much prefer working in units that map to my
native number system, thank you very much. Think there might be a
reason that metal shops use mils and fractions rather than fractions
everywhere?
I thought that, in context, your native number system would be hexadecimal.
Ob.Joke, seasonal: Why do computer people confuse Halloween with Christmas?
Ans: OCT 31 == DEC 25
carl
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