Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 22 Dec 2001 23:41:05 +0100 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: Changing KB, MB, and GB to KiB, MiB, and GiB in?Configure.help. |
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On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 09:29:00PM -0800, Ryan Cumming wrote:
> > So, the English units were more attuned to nature. The only thing > > natural about base ten is that the majority of us have 10 fingers and > > 10 toes.
> Yes, and three is a magical number decreed by God himself. You do have a good > point, though, the Imperial system fits in quite well with our > base-two-but-sometimes-three number system.
Actually, you're not far from the truth here. The best system (makes for least numbers of weights you need to make for weighing, etc, etc) is base e (2.7182...), which is best approximated by base two sometimes three ...
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