29 May
2010
29 May
'10
12:59 p.m.
On Sat, 29 May 2010, dwight elvey wrote:
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. Or maybe it is due to the same cause for number of
appetizers tending to be realively prime with the number of diners?
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.