On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 09:40:26AM -0700, Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> 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
>
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