And, for the dyed in the wool 'tenners', it should be remembered that a numbering system looking something like: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, *, #, 0 could operate exactly like the familiar 10's arrangement. Ie. 10 x 10 = 100 just like now. The only difference would be that that '100' would equate to 144 in our numbers. Duncan
-----Original Message----- From: Adrian Jadic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: January 4, 2002 22:10 Subject: [USMA:17203] The number twelve and the universe!! >As Post Scriptum to my previous posting: > >Jesus also had 12 disciples. Don't get me wrong, but I don't see this as a sign from God but simply as result of the fact that 12 was the base number in those days. Everybody was thinking in "packs of 12". > >To stay with the religious teachings: God gave Moses the 10 commandments. Was that a sign? > >A. >-- > >_______________________________________________ >Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com >http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > >1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! > >http://www.getpennytalk.com/cgi-bin/adforward.cgi?p_key=RG9853KJ&url=http:/ /www.getpennytalk.com >
