Base what?

[RobdoR]

Base 2: Because we will all be cyborgs soon anyway
Base 8: Because I need to be able to divide by 2 more than once.
Base 10: If it aint broke, dont fix it. Also, I have 10 toes
Base 12: Cause you can divide by 2, 3, 4, and 6...yeah buddy!
Base 13: Composite numbers are for the weak
Base 16: I just love dividing by 2
Base 30: Because you can divide by 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6! oh, and also 10
Base 60: Babylonians are cool

Which is best and why?
I vote for Base 12

 

[Trebuchet]

You pretty much summed up my reason for favoring base 12.

 

[Awesome_Person]

12 is a sexy number, and i hate math....well,math expressed through numbers at least.

 

[Artsu Tharaz]

I don't like 2, or 16. 2 is not practical for most purposes where arithmetic is concerned, and 16 has too much 2. My least favourite thing about Typology is that 16 is a little too even a number. 2^2^2? Come on now >=(

I would usually say 12, but your argument for 13 is rather convincing. Hell, why stop at 13? we could go to 17 or higher! :O

base 37? 30 = 111, [18]0 = 666 yay

or we could use a decimal base, or an irrational base. the possibilities are endless!

 

[Dimensional Transition]

Base 16.

I just love dividing by two. I suck at math and dividing by two is among the easiest things. Also, I'm 16. Oh god what a coincidence!

 

[walfin]

Hey, why is it that we don't have a base 20 so that we can count on all our fingers+toes?

 

[RobdoR]

or we could use a decimal base, or an irrational base. the possibilities are endless!

Hmm, an irrational base...how about base i?

Could that even work? A quick internet search didn't produce anything. I just tried to work it out myself, but got bogged down. I submit it as a challenge. Convert any number to base i.

The winner will receive and e-prize:

 

[Roran]

10 because the idea of relearning how to count is ...... not-fun-sounding.

 

[blarg]

None of the above: Base 1.00000000000001. This will be interesting.

 

[Octavian Starr]

^ tally marks with a twist.

 

[Kuu]

Base twelve. The practical uses are many. I use 12 as a module in many designs for its fractional flexibility

 

[Jordan~]

I'm all in favour of base 12 if someone comes up with two additional numerals that aren't totally goofy looking and names for their ordinals and cardinals.