On 7/30/07, Chris McAvoy <chris.mcavoy at gmail.com> wrote: > Why 144? That's such a weird number. I think it's because that's what a gross is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_%28unit%29 Not that it really justifies anything, I guess, other than in an "everyone else does it so I guess we should too" sort of way. - Atul