Burns MacDonald wrote: > > David spake: > > That would be fine if you stuck to inches all the time but: > > 12 inches = 1 foot > > 3 feet = 1 yard > > ???? yards = 1 mile > > > >From my Navy years: > 1760 yards to a nautical mile. A nautical mile is 1 minute of latitude at > the equator. > a 'cable' is 200 yards > a shackle is about 90 feet > a fathom is 6 feet > > For more measuring trivia, see http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/ > It is truly mind-boggling and aptly demonstrates the need for a simple, > global 10-based suystem. > > -- > burns
Why base 10? Because we have 10 fingers, or toes? What about octal and base 16? After all as we evolve to Homo computerus our bellies will probably swell until we can't count our toes and our fingers will evolve into two elongated digits, to push keyboard keys, and an opposable thumb as an aid to load paper in our printers. Thus, base 10 will become obsolete. So let's switch to base 16 and start computerizing the world. Lee > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
