[Hardastarboard]

I had a recent conversation with one of my sons about converting numbers into various numeric bases.

I only learned numeric bases after I bought an M1 Garand. You have to know your octets to know how many rounds fill how many clips. Finally I understood.

[GoLightly]

Course, nowadays there are all kinds of accessible tools available...

http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/trol/scol/calnumba.htm

If humans had left off counting our thumbs when our numeric system was created, we'd all be using a system based on eight.