Huayna Capac357
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I would like all of America to switch, unilaterally, to the Babylonian numeral system. That would be awesome.
Sexagesimal System
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We already have it. It's called time.
Yuri2356
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We should use base Pi, just to screw with people.
Mirc
Not mIRC!!!
QFT.
Plus, 60 symbols are way too much.
12 would be a better one than 10 though. It was used in some parts of Europe, long ago. But switching would cause so much trouble that I don't even want to think about it.
general_kill
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Who else thought the title was misleading......
Narz
keeping it real
I agree.
We should adopt the metric system though.
Only reason I opened this thread.
Maniac
Apolyton Sage
Because 12 can be divided in 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12 while 10 can only be divided in 1, 2, 5 and 10.
Narz
keeping it real
Cause it would be awesome evidently.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
No way, we already have the unit of time, thats enough that we can handle with the sexagestimal system.
Fugitive Sisyphus
Escape Artist
What's so great about base 60? Now base 16 (or any base 2 * n) would make a much better number system.
Verge
Let's hug it out
I voted "yes" because I want to see sexagesimal advocates actually try and impose the system on the world.
3... 2... 1... GO!
3... 2... 1... GO!
BasketCase
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Yeah, well I say you switch to the American number system.
AL_DA_GREAT
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We had some lectures on it in school, it has some advantages but it is hard to multiply with. The calculations often get to long.
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I thought it was about some system where sixty-year-olds get some privilege like retirement or something, the word for sixty-year-olds is similar. But I know what you were thinking...
In absence of any compelling reason to change, I voted to keep things the way they are. The sexagesimal system works well for clocks and circles and stuff, but I don't see where it would give any benefit to be used exclusively elsewhere.
I do somewhat support the sexagesimal system for circles, though. Makes more sense to me than radians, even as a math major.
Swedishguy
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I'd like to have metric time.
Gooblah
Heh...
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I would prefer the decimal system, thank you. I also would prefer the US switch to Metric. US Customary SUCKS!!!!! Its so counter-intuitive, it's insane!!!
~This is by no means meant to be an insult to the designers of the current US System, or to those who prefer its continuation~
~This is by no means meant to be an insult to the designers of the current US System, or to those who prefer its continuation~
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