From xod@sixgirls.org Fri Sep 28 23:14:54 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 29 Sep 2001 06:14:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 19012 invoked from network); 29 Sep 2001 06:14:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 29 Sep 2001 06:14:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (64.152.7.13) by mta1 with SMTP; 29 Sep 2001 06:14:53 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f8T6Eq413269 for ; Sat, 29 Sep 2001 02:14:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 02:14:52 -0400 (EDT) To: Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: periodic hexadecimal reminder In-Reply-To: <9p3n2p+8msr@eGroups.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 thinkit8@lycos.com wrote: > it's pretty simple. 16 is a power of 2. 8 is too, but the exponent > is not itself a power of 2. 4 is nice, however--i should look into > those egyptians. Here you go. They used base 10! http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Egyptian_numerals.html -- It's said that Mullah Omar has met two non-Muslims in his life. Others say even that's not true. Sami ul-Haq, Osama bin Laden's closest friend in Pakistan, runs the "University for the Education of Truth," a fundamentalist institution that educated and trained nine out of the Taliban's top 10 leaders.