30 May
2010
30 May
'10
9:20 a.m.
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
On Sat, 29 May 2010, dwight elvey wrote:
:?D Like it!
Mind you, I don't think I've met anyone with the flexibility and
control to individually raise and lower toes to count on...
?The only problem is that decimal don't fit
the physical world well.
Thing in the physical world are fraction of powers of fractions.
1/8 and 1/32 make more sense in the physical world.
?Decimal is just what you learned in school.
. . . and based on the very arbitrary basis of number of fingers.
Q: then why not base 20?
A: because the more dominant (agressive) cultures came from climates where
feet were kept bundled up for warmth, and stank too much to expose them
publicly As to the 8 egg holders in the fridge, perhaps it is
related to why hot
dogs are sold 10 to a pack, and hot dog buns are sold 8 to a pack. ?One
cynical answer to that would be a deliberate attempt to force you to buy
40 at a time.
Soemthing like that. Wastage makes money. :?(
?Or maybe it is due to the same cause for number of
appetizers tending to be realively prime with the number of diners?
Ooooh... Bistromathics, now!
Or perhaps it is a natural function within the earth,
attempting to
adjust towards 6 * 7 to get 42? ?'course the arrival of our Golgafrincham
ancestors cocked that all up.
Oh yes indeed!
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