On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 at 10:34, Tor Arntsen via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Some sheep herders in (IIRC) the Caucasus do, or did at least. I > learned about that some decades ago. Counting sheep on their fingers. > I use the system sometimes.
Fred Pohl's short story "Digits and Dastards" explains it well. I used to use it at my fencing club. Matches are normally first to 15 points -- first to 10 if we were busy. I'd keep score on my fingers in binary, left for one player, right for the other.. -- Liam Proven – Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk – gMail/gTalk/gHangouts: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Flickr: lproven – Skype: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 – ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053
