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Re: Infinity to the minus 1
Don the Monkeyman, on host 209.91.94.242
Wednesday, February 21, 2001, at 09:58:59
Re: Infinity to the minus 1 posted by Sam on Wednesday, February 21, 2001, at 09:50:04:
> > It is something usually mentioned in engineering school, though not usually as a joke so much as a matter of practicality.
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> LOL. I pulled a you and duplicated your response. Ah, well.
Heh. I read your response and said to myself "DANG! Sam said it BETTER again!" I think in this case, we got two halves of the whole. But I got my half FIRST for a change!
> > 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 ±50% to be extraordinarily accurate.) :-)
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> LOL!
Does this mean you are trying to get me started on it? ;-)
Don "Finally said something on a subject before Sam did. Must have caught him sleeping... :-)" Monkey
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