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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-05 07:25 PM
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Base 10 is stupid.
Edited on Sat Apr-30-05 07:26 PM by whoisalhedges
We hit 9CF2B8 posts months ago, and nobody batted an eyelash. :eyes:
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-05 07:26 PM
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1. whazzamatta? Isn't dolo giving you enough attention? Are all
your boyfriends partying without you? :P
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-05 07:27 PM
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2. It is rather odd, isn't it?
I mean, really.
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-05 07:30 PM
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3. Hey, little twelve toes...
Please come back home

Now if man *had* been born with six fingers on each hand, He'd also have twelve toes, Or so the theory goes...
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-05 07:30 PM
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4. Amputate your thumbs and switch to Octal
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-05 07:34 PM
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5. No shit.
We hit 15,000,000 a couple of years ago.
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Salviati Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-05 08:59 PM
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11. nah, better to just get gene therepy and have polydactyl children...
write off this generation, but cement a base 12 future... so many more nice factors in base 12 than base 10.
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NewHampshireDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-05 07:34 PM
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6. Base 12 would have been better
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-05 07:42 PM
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7. Well, I'm too old for the new math, and I was too old for it --
-- even when I was younger.
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-05 07:51 PM
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8. 71154506 in octal!
;)
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-05 08:08 PM
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9. That's because all your base 10 belong to us.
Of course.

Couldn't resist.

Redstone
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-30-05 08:23 PM
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10. LOL nt.
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