[USMA:11555] Re: Metric lie

[Karl G. Ruling]

At 11:59 3/12/01 -0700, you wrote:
>``For the metre came as a bolt from the blue, and its strictly decimal
>divisions like the sword of Armageddon. The proponents argued that God 
>made us
>with 10 fingers, but this was a typical metric lie. He made most of us with
>eight fingers, and two thumbs.''


My God, he's right!!!  I'm going to do all my math in octal from now on. 
One thumb will be for the carry digit, and the other will be for parity.

:-)