From: "Frank J. Lhota" <NOSPAM.lhota.adarose@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: number_base
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:11:01 GMT
Date: 2003-11-03T17:11:01+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <F_vpb.711$%7.278@nwrdny01.gnilink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 49cbf610.0310311258.2024b12b@posting.google.com
"Dmytry Lavrov" <dmytrylavrov@fsmail.net> wrote in message
news:49cbf610.0310311258.2024b12b@posting.google.com...
> Seriously,
> What's about base-60 ?
> Our seconds/minutes/etc ?
> (still joking)
> Base 12 ?
The ancient Babylonians counted using groups of 12. The countries that
Babylon traded with, of course, counted using base 10, creating an early
standards conflict. The Babylonians overcame this conflict somewhat by
making frequent use of the number 60, the least common multiple of 10 and
12. The use of 60 in Bablonian mathematics lead dircetly to our current
system of measuring both time (60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a
minute) and angles (360 degrees in a full circle).
Speaking of the ancients, should Ada be extended to support Roman numerals?
Why can't I print 2003 as "MMIII"?
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Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-30 10:10 number_base Peter Hermann
2003-10-30 19:11 ` number_base Frank J. Lhota
2003-10-31 12:45 ` number_base Peter Hermann
2003-10-31 13:12 ` number_base Martin Dowie
2003-10-31 20:58 ` number_base Dmytry Lavrov
2003-11-03 10:32 ` number_base Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-11-03 10:33 ` number_base Lutz Donnerhacke
2003-11-03 17:11 ` Frank J. Lhota [this message]
2003-11-04 3:43 ` number_base Wes Groleau
2003-11-04 10:59 ` number_base Preben Randhol
2003-11-04 13:32 ` number_base Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-11-04 14:13 ` number_base Preben Randhol
2003-11-04 14:33 ` number_base Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-10-31 18:26 ` number_base Mike Silva
2003-11-03 10:22 ` number_base Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-11-03 12:52 ` number_base Peter Hermann
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2003-10-30 16:16 number_base amado.alves
2003-10-30 23:27 ` number_base Randy Brukardt
2003-10-31 8:29 ` number_base Marius Amado Alves
2003-10-31 13:18 ` number_base Peter Hermann
2003-10-31 15:15 ` number_base Jean-Pierre Rosen
2003-10-31 16:28 ` number_base Peter Hermann
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