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Base Three -- Re: the qelI'qam ...

• From: [email protected] (Craig Altenburg)
• Subject: Base Three -- Re: the qelI'qam ...
• Date: Wed, 9 Nov 1994 15:18:12 -0500

As in interesting note: if the "cost" of each digit is proportional to the
number of states a digit can have, then base three is (on average) the
cheapest way of representing numbers.

Also, I believe the computer in the ship Dora in Heinlein's "Time Enouge
for Love" used base three.

Qapla'
Qeygh

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