On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:55:42 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


krw wrote:

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:34:42 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


John Fields wrote:

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:06:47 -0700, "bg" wrote:

Metric is for people that have to count on their fingers !

I prefer base 21.

The subject excites you?

Only because 42 is the second number in that base.

Everyone knows that 42 is in base 13. ;-)


You're wayyyy off base...

No, my position is pretty safe.