Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 03:11:23 -0400
From: "Kevin J. Maroney" 
Subject: Re: (urth) Base 9 on the Whorl?

At 02:54 AM 5/12/02, Robert wrote:
>Yes. But if indeed the children are making mistakes, they are making the
>less likely one.

They are, in fact, making mistakes no matter what base the calculations are 
in. You are asking us to assume that they're getting some of it correct and 
some of it wrong in one unlikely and terrifically precise way to prove a 
point for which there is no other support.

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Kevin J.  Maroney | kjm@panix.com | Games are my entire waking life


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