Message Forum: Re: Infinity to the minus 1

Re: Infinity to the minus 1

Posted By: Sam, on host 24.91.142.155
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2001, at 09:50:04
In Reply To: Re: Infinity to the minus 1 posted by Don the Monkeyman on Wednesday, February 21, 2001, at 09:40:27:

> It is something usually mentioned in engineering school, though not usually as a joke so much as a matter of practicality.

LOL. I pulled a you and duplicated your response. Ah, well.

> Don't even get me started on the principle of numerical precision and what sorts of error levels are considered "acceptable". (The field I work in right now considers a number calculated within ą50% to be extraordinarily accurate.) :-)

LOL!

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Re: Infinity to the minus 1 - Don the Monkeyman - Wed, 2/21/2001, 09:58:59