From lojban-out@lojban.org Mon Oct 13 01:22:09 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 69776 invoked from network); 13 Oct 2003 08:22:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 13 Oct 2003 08:22:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Oct 2003 08:22:09 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.22) id 1A8xxv-0004bh-DS for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:22:07 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A8xxL-0004at-7H; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:21:31 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:21:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from postman1.arcor-online.net ([151.189.0.187] helo=postman.arcor.de) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A8xwx-0004ah-6T for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 01:21:07 -0700 Received: from hamwpne1 ([212.13.198.90]) (authenticated bits=0) by postman.arcor.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9D8L1am002930 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:21:02 +0200 (MEST) Organization: datenrevision GmbH & Co. OHG To: lojban-list@lojban.org Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:20:56 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [lojban] Re: Gone 1 1/2 years, and some base number... Message-ID: <3F8A7C88.28889.5066D6@localhost> Priority: normal References: <20031011190726.GR2086@digitalkingdom.org> In-reply-to: <1065900012.10661.8.camel@localhost> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02a) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-description: Mail message body X-archive-position: 6427 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: pnewton@gmx.de Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: "Philip Newton" From: "Philip Newton" Reply-To: pnewton@gmx.de X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 20908 On 11 Oct 2003 at 12:20, Theodore Reed wrote: > In Heinlein's Future History, Lazarus Long's ship uses base-120 to make > it easy to convert between all the various systems in use in the many > places it must visit. They'd have to use base-240 to accommodate the hexadecimalists, though. mu'o mi'e .filip. -- filip.niutyn.