From: krw on 25 Dec 2009 15:00 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 25 Dec 2009 17:46 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. -- Offworld checks no longer accepted!
From: JosephKK on 25 Dec 2009 20:00 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 26 Dec 2009 04:57 "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 -- Deep Friar: a very philosophical monk. Website: http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms
From: Michael A. Terrell on 26 Dec 2009 13:48
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. :( -- Greed is the root of all eBay. |