Re: Ebisedian number system (I)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, July 18, 2002, 0:08 |
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"H. S. Teoh" wrote:
> I always found the -illions series rather arbitrary. Why divisions of 3
> rather than 4 (like Chinese) or something else.
Well, sure, but any system is arbitrary. There's nothing less arbitrary
about the eastern practice of naming 10^4, 10^8, etc.
> Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've
> forgotten this before.
:-) That's a good one.
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