On 11 May 2010 11:26, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> A base ten system makes a lot more sense than any other, whether the
> basic stride length unit is arbitrary or not.
Oh I don't know - a friend of mine used to argue that duodecimal (base
12) would be better since it's easier to divide into 2, 3, 4 and 6
whereas 10 is only divisible by 2 and 5, and groups of 5 don't happen
as often. Harder to count on your fingers though.
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