I interpret it as saying: exponentially different, where the range in my uncertainty is comparable tonthe effect of the choice of base. For instance if the ran

I interpret it as saying: exponentially different, where the range in my uncertainty is comparable tonthe effect of the choice of base. For instance if the range is '3-13' in base 2 it's similar to '1-4' in base 10, but either way I'm making up numbers so who cares what the base is.