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Originally Posted by wodin
Oh ... does that mean a base sixty numbering system makes more sense than a base ten one? What's all the flap about decimal currency and metric weights, measures and temperatures about then?
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Interestingly, although the Babylonians did use base sixty, they did it in much the same way we do - by using a base ten numeric system to represent the numbers from 1 to 59. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal.
A true base sixty (with separate distinct symbols for 0-59) would be very hard for humans to learn and use.
Only the US, Burma and Liberia are 'in a flap' about metrication. Most of the rest of the world moved over decades or centuries ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication
Although I admit that the UK is still not completely there. Eventually we'll start using kilometres for distances.