I've found out in the last couple years that I'm better at math than I ever
thought I was provided I don't try to do it in base10. My brain seems to be
wired so that base2 (binary) makes a lot more sense to me.
Fortunately one of my classes has a module on calculating subnets so I get a
chance to play with base2 and talk about it on a regular basis.
Scifi writer Frederick Pohl did an interesting treatise on binary in the '60s
indicating that it would help to advance our modern world if we switched to it
vs decimal. Considering most people probably don't know there are other ways of
counting we can see how far he got. A fun, if nerdy, parlor trick is to explain
how in decimal the highest number you can count to with your fingers is 10 but
with binary its 1024, amaze your friends!
-Curt
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:10:06 -0500
From: "R A Bennell" <b...@mts.net>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] one reason it's bad to have a girl
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I think you are absolutely right. Some people are naturally good at math and
some are not. Some are better with
languages than others. I can sort of do the math if I have to but it is not a
strong point with me. Language, on
the other hand comes to me fairly easily, which is likely why I am a lawyer and
not an accountant.
Randy
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