One for the math nerds.

[jahcs]

Hi,

Count your fingers.
No.  All bases are isomorphic.  Anything done in one can be done in any other.  Sometimes a given base is more useful because of the underlying problem (e.g., binary for logic) but most of the time it really doesn't matter.  For example, pi is transcendental in all bases (except, of course, base pi ;) ).

--Pete
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Heh, I misspoke there, but nice zinger, Pete :blush: . I deserved that for trying to post on a Monday when I am so preoccuopied.

Mithrandir has more of what I was trying to say with how we attempt to find patterns and explain everything in the Universe. If we weren't using a base 10 system would we still be able to force so many things into nice neat patterns that all seem to relate to each other. (We live in a complex system where nearly everything is related -or we want it to be, so I presume we would.)

P.S. Since there is no "9" in base 8 what would Pi look like?

And I probably just made all the math gurus pull their hair out.

EDIT: Just deleting a recalcitrant "r."