tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 06 14:47:18 1998
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RE: Question from a newbie
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Question from a newbie
- Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 14:42:23 -0700
lab Paul Hahn:
>
> On Mon, 6 Jul 1998, dragonwulf wrote:
> > This seems reasonable, since we don't acknowledge the zero
> > in our own base ten system. The zero is a place holder, it
> > marks the center of the number line and is otherwise useful,
> > but if most people really thought of it as a number wouldnt
> > our counting system be called base eleven?
>
> No, because the ratio of 100/10, or 10/1, etc., would still
> be ten, not eleven.
>
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