jon said:
>   Now, doesn't 232332 (base 6) sound much more impressive?

yes, it does.  especially if you're special enough to know that
-- in base 6 lingo -- 3 is articulated as "bee", and 2 is "doo"
except when it occurs at the start of a "word" in which case
it is pronounced "scoo", meaning this number is vocalized as
"scoo bee doo bee bee doo".

-bowerbird

p.s.  personally, i like base 7 -- 112211 -- a lot because
it's great to have m.c. palindrome on the ones and twos...

p.p.s.  there are 10 types of people in this world --
those who understand base 2 and those who don't.