[ExI] need a new word/suffix

[John Clark]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016  Stephen Van Sickle <sjv2006 at gmail.com> wrote:

​> ​
> And while we are at it, fix the counting system:
> http://www.dozenal.org/
>

​It wouldn't be worth
​changing the standard​
 now but if I could go back in time a thousand years I'd push for a base 8
counting system
​,​
not base 10 or 12
​,​
because conversion between binary and octal is
​
really
​ ​really
easy.
​ ​
If
​
base 8 were the standard
​
the mechanical
​
problems Charles Babbage had in
​
trying to
​
build
​
his Analytical Engine would have been greatly reduced and the computer
revolution might have started in the mid 19th century instead of the mid
20th.
​
Maybe
​
Leibniz
​ could have stared it even sooner in the early 18th century.

At the very least third graders would be grateful that the multiplication
table was easier to memorize.

​ John K Clark​
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