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Old 12-17-2006, 07:03 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Brutha View Post
Looking at the way my winamp lets me rate my music it gives me the option from one to five.
Youtube has also a one to five rating scale.

What advantage does a one to five scale have over a one to ten scale?
As many have pointed out it is because of the 5 digits on our hands. Similarly, the reason we use base 10 numbers for our daily math is because we have 10 digits among both hands.

With the exception of us computer scientists who like base-2 math. We see the world in binary.
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