(October 17, 2018 at 6:47 am)Mathilda Wrote:(October 17, 2018 at 4:37 am)robvalue Wrote: I’d say it’s pretty certain that we use base 10 because we have that many fingers.
Considering that it's a man's world I'm surprised we haven't been using base 11.
Spoken English renders this as "two hands and one dick".
Anyone ever read Donnerjack, by Zelazny and Lindskold? There's some usage along those lines in that book.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
