From: John Fields on
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:41:34 -0800, lurch
<lurch(a)yourangcousinitslibrary.org> wrote:

>On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:32:12 -0600, John Fields
><jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:34:42 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
>><mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>John Fields wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:06:47 -0700, "bg" <bg(a)nospam.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >Metric is for people that have to count on their fingers !
>>>>
>>>> I prefer base 21.
>>>
>>>
>>> Only because 42 is the second number in that base. :)
>>
>>---
>>Nope, it's because I can use all my "digits" to count with. ;)
>>
>>JF
>
> metacarpals?

---
No, the distal phalanges of my fingers and toes, plus one other
appendage. ;)

Interestingly, Indians from India count on their fingers using all of
their phalanges in sequence, like this:

Proximal Phalange Intermediate Phalange Distal Phalange
--------------------------------+-----------------------+--------------
Little Finger 1 2 3
Ring Finger 4 5 6
Middle Finger 7 8 9
Index Finger 10 11 12

So, by using both hands, they can count up to 144 on their fingers.


JF
From: Tim Williams on
"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:taWdndblifsIzq_WnZ2dnUVZ_jxi4p2d(a)earthlink.com...
>> No, the answer to "Life, the Universe and Everything" is 42.
>>
>> If that doesn't make sense to you, it's because you don't understand the
>> question. The question is "What is six times nine?"
>>
>> The only way any of this works out is if '42' is in base 13. (4*13+2=6*9)
>
> 'So long, and thanks for all the fish' :)

Ghoti?

Tim

--
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From: John Fields on
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:55:41 -0600, "Tim Williams"
<tmoranwms(a)charter.net> wrote:

>"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:taWdndblifsIzq_WnZ2dnUVZ_jxi4p2d(a)earthlink.com...
>>> No, the answer to "Life, the Universe and Everything" is 42.
>>>
>>> If that doesn't make sense to you, it's because you don't understand the
>>> question. The question is "What is six times nine?"
>>>
>>> The only way any of this works out is if '42' is in base 13. (4*13+2=6*9)
>>
>> 'So long, and thanks for all the fish' :)
>
>Ghoti?

---
laugh women nation ;)
-- - --

JF
From: lurch on
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:01:00 -0600, John Fields
<jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:41:34 -0800, lurch
><lurch(a)yourangcousinitslibrary.org> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:32:12 -0600, John Fields
>><jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:34:42 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
>>><mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>John Fields wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:06:47 -0700, "bg" <bg(a)nospam.com> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >Metric is for people that have to count on their fingers !
>>>>>
>>>>> I prefer base 21.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Only because 42 is the second number in that base. :)
>>>
>>>---
>>>Nope, it's because I can use all my "digits" to count with. ;)
>>>
>>>JF
>>
>> metacarpals?
>
>---
>No, the distal phalanges of my fingers and toes, plus one other
>appendage. ;)
>
>Interestingly, Indians from India count on their fingers using all of
>their phalanges in sequence, like this:
>
> Proximal Phalange Intermediate Phalange Distal Phalange
>--------------------------------+-----------------------+--------------
>Little Finger 1 2 3
>Ring Finger 4 5 6
>Middle Finger 7 8 9
>Index Finger 10 11 12
>
>So, by using both hands, they can count up to 144 on their fingers.
>
>
>JF


I only get 38, and that included using the metacarpals. 19 each hand.
From: lurch on
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:55:41 -0600, "Tim Williams"
<tmoranwms(a)charter.net> wrote:

>"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:taWdndblifsIzq_WnZ2dnUVZ_jxi4p2d(a)earthlink.com...
>>> No, the answer to "Life, the Universe and Everything" is 42.
>>>
>>> If that doesn't make sense to you, it's because you don't understand the
>>> question. The question is "What is six times nine?"
>>>
>>> The only way any of this works out is if '42' is in base 13. (4*13+2=6*9)
>>
>> 'So long, and thanks for all the fish' :)
>
>Ghoti?
>
>Tim


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