Joe: More damn brain farts. (Sorry about the smell, John.)
As one who has worked with hexadecimal for many years, I should have known better. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Joseph B. Reid Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 08:51 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:17221] Re: The number twelve and the universe!! Bill Potts wrote in USMA 17212; >One and one twelfth (1 plus 1/10) is written as 1.1 One and eleven twelfths >(1 plus 1/A) is written as 1.A. Correction. Using radix 12, one and eleven twelfths is written as 1.B. One and ten twefths is written as 1.A. A = ten and B = eleven. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
