On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 11:36:36 -0800 Bob Ammerman writes: > > > A circle is divided into 360 degrees. Anyone in favour of making > that > > > 100? > > 400 makes some kind of sense (100 per quadrant) > Doesn't the 360 degree circle follow from some ancient civilization that used a base 60 number system? And our 60 minutes per hour, 60 seconds per minute, etc. Anyone remember the Saturday Night Live skit on the metric day? Just like the current day, but it has 100 hours... I've had days like that... Harold FCC Rules Online at http://hallikainen.com/FccRules Lighting control for theatre and television at http://www.dovesystems.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads