Divide "by", 2,3,4 and 6? I agree, if that's what you meant. There was
nothing wrong with our duodecimal system of monetarycurrency and I'm now sorry
that we got rid of it.
Chris
On 11 May 2010, at 14:35, Ian Nichols wrote:
> 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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