[R-390] Counting Systems [joke]

William A Kulze wak9 at cornell.edu
Thu Mar 17 07:20:10 EDT 2011


As the good ol' boy used to say "Let me just say this about that"...

You can never have too many counting systems or font sets. A good font set counts for a lot these days.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of Les Locklear
"(or better known as an R-39 non-A)"

As Ronny Raygun used to say, "There you go again."

Les Locklear

"Theory is when you know everything but nothing works.
Experiment is when everything works but you know nothing.
Most of the time nothing works and no one knows why."

Amy Bower Scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Barry 
  

  > I had thought of converting all of the numbering in the Y2K to the
  > Sumeriansexagesimal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal>
  > counting system (base60 with cuneiform wedge writing).
  > 
  > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_numerals
  > I actually have the font set.
  > 
  > -- 
  > Ms. Tisha Hayes/ AA4HA

  But since the Babylonians didn't have a zero in their numbering system, the radios would become just an R-39 (or better known as an R-39 non-A) and R-39A.

  Barry - N4BUQ


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