From: krw on
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:18:50 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:

>
>Fred Abse wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:57:21 +0000, Eeyore wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > bg wrote:
>> >
>> >> Metric is for people that have to count on their fingers !
>> >
>> > What an absurd comment. Do you have 12 fingers so you can count in inches to the
>> > foot ?
>> >
>>
>> Maybe some folks in the Appalachians, or the bayous ;-)
>
>
> Some of the Brits don't have 12 teeth left. More have 10. :)

That's whole towns. Well, they are socialists.
From: Michael A. Terrell on

krw wrote:
>
> On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:18:50 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >Fred Abse wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:57:21 +0000, Eeyore wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > bg wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Metric is for people that have to count on their fingers !
> >> >
> >> > What an absurd comment. Do you have 12 fingers so you can count in inches to the
> >> > foot ?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Maybe some folks in the Appalachians, or the bayous ;-)
> >
> >
> > Some of the Brits don't have 12 teeth left. More have 10. :)
>
> That's whole towns. Well, they are socialists.


And a lot are antisocial.


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From: JosephKK on
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:13:47 -0600, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:08:56 -0800, "JosephKK"<quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>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
>>
>>And this lowly american can count to over 1000 using the digits of my hands.
>
>---
>(2^10) - 1
>
>JF

Of course you knew.
From: Tim Williams on
"JosephKK" <quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:l0oaj5tt2h7ppk2doaj7gp9hff0nqqh8fh(a)4ax.com...
>>>And this lowly american can count to over 1000 using the digits of my
>>>hands.
>>
>>---
>>(2^10) - 1
>
>Of course you knew.

Oh yeah, well I can count to roughly 1e16.*

*However, counting by ones, I get stuck... 125, 126, 127, 127, 127...

Tim

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From: Michael A. Terrell on

Fred Abse wrote:
>
> On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:46:27 -0500, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>
> >
> > krw wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:18:50 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
> >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >Fred Abse wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:57:21 +0000, Eeyore wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > bg wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Metric is for people that have to count on their fingers !
> >> >> >
> >> >> > What an absurd comment. Do you have 12 fingers so you can count in inches to the
> >> >> > foot ?
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Maybe some folks in the Appalachians, or the bayous ;-)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Some of the Brits don't have 12 teeth left. More have 10. :)
> >>
> >> That's whole towns. Well, they are socialists.
> >
> >
> > And a lot are antisocial.
>
> It does appear that socialism and antisocial behavior go together. Look at
> the behavior of left-wing demonstrators.


No thanks! I saw the morons rioting once, and that was enough. :(


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