From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Fri Oct 10 16:22:40 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:22:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.22) id 1A86ae-0005re-VT for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:22:32 -0700 Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:22:32 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Gone 1 1/2 years... Message-ID: <20031010232232.GN2086@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <3F874050.4050203@bilkent.edu.tr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F874050.4050203@bilkent.edu.tr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 6412 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 02:27:12AM +0300, robin wrote: > Hex is currently in vogue because we think binary computers are > cool, but there is nothing to make it inherently superior. As a > kid, I was a big fan of octal. Precisely. In fact, the utility of something whose only divisors are powers of two is extremely questionable. Contrast to duodecimal (base 12) which is divisable by 2, 4, 3 and 6, or base-60, which adds 5, 10, 20, 15, and 30. Which would *you* rather use in your daily life? Oh, and why are we having this discussion again? -Robin -- Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Constant neocortex override is the only thing that stops us all from running out and eating all the cookies." -- Eliezer Yudkowsky http://www.lojban.org/ *** .i cimo'o prali .ui