2002-11-19 Thanks Bill. That is what I meant. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, etc.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-11-19 19:16 Subject: [USMA:23515] Re: (fwd) Re: Can the metric system work? > John Schweisthal wrote: "Any base that is a multiple of two will work, ..." > > Not quite. Any base that is a power of 2 will work. > > Remember 10 and 12 are both multiples of 2. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >
