From: "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
However, a base 12 counting system would have been much better; but base 10 became the standard and the cost of shifting is too high.
Why base 12? Why not base 16, and then we'd at least benefit from easy conversion to/from binary?
(Sorry, nothing to add about Stirling engines...)
-Bryon
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