Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18940 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2001 14:21:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by extortion.plus.net with SMTP; 23 Jan 2001 14:21:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 13360 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2001 14:24:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 23 Jan 2001 14:24:39 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14L4GJ-0000bp-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:17:31 +0000 Received: from bob.dera.gov.uk ([192.5.29.90]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14L4GH-0000bk-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:17:30 +0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: by bob.dera.gov.uk; (8.8.8/1.3/10May95) id OAA02751; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:18:44 GMT Received: (qmail 10435 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2001 15:10:55 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from gauntlet.mail.dera.gov.uk (172.16.9.10) by baton.dera.gov.uk with SMTP; 23 Jan 2001 15:10:55 -0000 Received: by gauntlet.mail.dera.gov.uk; id PAA18711; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:02:18 GMT Received: from unknown(10.71.64.31) by gauntlet.mail.dera.gov.uk via smap (3.2) id xma018522; Tue, 23 Jan 01 15:01:37 GMT Received: from frn-gold-1.dera.gov.uk (unverified) by mailguard.dera.gov.uk (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.1.5) with ESMTP id for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:19:54 +0000 Received: by frn-gold-1.dera.gov.uk with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:16:29 -0000 Message-ID: <65AECDF1F89AD411900400508BFC869F0D7550@pdw-mail-1.dera.gov.uk> From: "Talbot Andrew" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: RE:and related stuff Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:16:33 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1460.8) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: No it doesn't. Base 12 has factors 2,2,3 Didn't know we ever weren't metric in this country - apart from a few grandparents who remember the dark ages ;-#) No one I know actually has a feeling for how long a foot is or how ever a lb may be. We all have to mentally carry the conversion factors for when people talk ancient units. When is the US going to see the error of its ways and start using proper measurements like the rest of the world ? In my student days, the uni radio club (G3KMI) kept its accounts in complex notation. The Real accounts that the Students union saw and based their grants to us on, and the Imaginary money we got from trading radio stuff at rallies etc. Enough of this nonsense, back to LF (or work) Andy G4JNT > -----Original Message----- > From: john sexton [mailto:computernetworks@excite.com] >> Base 12 has factors, 2,3,4 and 6. > Before we went metric in the UK (backward step), there were a > lot of good > ideas floating around. I still have a book on the Reverse > Notation, which > advocated a base of 12, but also advocated positive and > negative money. The > only drawback seemed to be that most people wouldn't > cooperate and would > simply throw away negative money, hi! > John, G4CNN > > -- The Information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful.