On 9 Feb 2011, at 20:47, Tony Firshman wrote: > Tobias Fröschle wrote, on 9/Feb/11 19:53 | Feb9: >> Am Mittwoch, den 09.02.2011, 19:05 +0000 schrieb Tony Firshman: >> >>> >>> I wish we had 12 digits - base 12 is *so* much better than base 10. >>> >>> Tony >>> >> >> If we had 12 digits, we'd probably have 12 fingers as well. >> >> That's 20% faster typing we had 20% more software for the QL >> > That is what I was saying - 'digits' means both fingers and thumbs in > English. We usually say (incorrectly) that we have five fingers on each > hand. We don't. We have four fingers and one thumb!
In some people (like me) all fingers are thumbs. How many fingers do they have? 42? George _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
