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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
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Subject: Re: The worst lyrics you've ever heard
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> My own miscellaneous responses:
> 
> Re Tom Lehrer:
> Computer buffs (I'll not temppt the flamers by saying hackers) ought to
> like Tom Lehrer's esoteric sense of humor -- he has one song that teaches
> base 12 mathematics!

It's base eight (base eight is like base-10 if your missing two fingers).

-Ron

Sixty-four?  Where does he get 64 from, I hear you ask?
Well, Sixty-four is eight-squared.
Ask a silly question, get a silly answer.