The base 10 number system was devised because humans have 10 fingers and 10 toes.
Early computers were designed to work on the base 2 (binary) number system which is more efficient and it's used primarily by the scientific community. Later, non-scientific computers have been built on base 10 to accommodate most of people's activities. Regards, Stan Doore ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Millet To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 10:55 AM Subject: [USMA:38925] Discussion on the metric system All, I was browsing Digg today and happened to notice that there was an article about nations who had not yet adopted the metric system. Digg is more of a social news site where people can comment on the posts, and I thought it might be interesting for the list to read some of the comments. http://digg.com/general_sciences/Nations_who_have_not_yet_adopted_the_metric_system_pic#c7261085 Mike -- "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?"
