On: Base 3 Computing Beats Binary

[phkahler]

The metric they use for "efficiency" seems rather arbitrary and looks like a theoretical mathematicians toy idea. Unfortunately real computers have to be constructed from real physical devices, which have their own measures of efficiency. These don't match.

[NotAnOtter → phkahler]

"It's more efficient because um... the written expression is shorter"

Wait until the hear about base Googol