Re: [lojban] Re: Gone 1 1/2 years, and some base number...

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 10:01:01AM +0200, David KOCH wrote:
> >Le Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:22:32 -0700, Robin Lee Powell
> ><lojban-out@lojban.org> a ?crit: 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
> >
> 
> Right, base 6 is one of the most useful base number (does 360?
> remind you something ?) !

I think you mean base *60*, and yes I was explaining the remnants of
Babylonian base-60 in modern culture to a friend just yesterday.

-Robin

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