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Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> writes:

> As the late great Tom Lehrer said decades ago, "Base eight is just
> like base ten if you don't have any thumbs."

Quoting:

  Now that actually is not the answer that I had in mind,
  because book I got this problem out of wants you to do
  it in base eight.

  But don't panic.

  Base eight is just like base ten really ...

  ... if you're missing two fingers.