RE: Thinking of aspects of PA in urban fighting [FMAS] [General]

Not if your Kra'Vak. 
We naturally use Octal, as should everyone else in the universe. It is,
afterall, the most natural base system.

(Hint: count the fingers on a Kra'Vak)

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Brian Bell
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaime Tiampo [SMTP:fugu@spikyfishthing.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 1:29 AM
> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject:	Re: Thinking of aspects of PA in urban fighting [FMAS]
> [General]
> 
> Laserlight wrote:
> > No, but there's no point in overengineering.  We could easily make
> > ladders that will support 1000 pounds, for example, but they'd weigh
> > more and cost more.  100 years in the future, we'll probably still
> > have ladders rated for 300 pounds (or maybe we'll have learned the
> > metric system by then--anything is possible) but they'll be light
> > enough to easily carry with one hand.
> 
> 
> Hey, there are plenty of places that have figured out metric. Say, 95%
> of the rest of the planet :) I mean, 1000g is 1 kg, 1000kg is a tonne.
> But wait, you're right, base ten things are hard to figure out :)
> 
> (snide remarks from your friends from the north :)
> 
> Jaime