From: Yash (yashk2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 09 2002 - 11:21:11 MST
To me, since a representation in a base can be converted into another one
using a sufficient number of digits, this means that the 26 letters can
still have values in base 10 without affecting what I want them to do.
I would keep base 10 for numbering the gematric system.
Regards,
Yash.
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Of joedees@bellsouth.net
On 8 Jan 2002 at 12:42, Yash wrote:
One of the main problems is incompatible bases; base 10 seems to be
ideal for our mathematical use, and base 26 is alphabetically necessary
in the English language. In fact, a base of much less than 26 would
preclude our being able to create such a voluminous and
distinguishable vocabulary of relatively short words or represent all the
sounds we employ in speech, but a base of more than 10 would be a
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