[oclug] KWeather

[Richard Guy Briggs]

On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 09:42:23PM -0500, Patrick Smith wrote:
> >>[GR]  But why does it make sense to count in hexadecimal?
> >
> >Repeatedly multiplying or dividing by two keeps the same number of
> >significant digits.
> 
> That's true in binary, not in hexadecimal.  E.g. 2 times F is 1E.

Ok, I concede.  Same number of significant *bits*.  :)

> Anybody for duodecimal (dozens, gross)?  :-)

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