Folks; Although I concur with the assessment of the level of helpfulness, the issue seems to be how one responds to an impossibly high expectation, namely that machine-based numerical results should conform to mathematical identities ( 0 = sin k * pi, in this case).
Perhaps the response was too obvious, like "the fact that the perpetual motion machine stopped is not a bug," would be. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Donovan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 6:59 AM Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Bug? Sin of pi. > I nominate this reply, and a previous one-liner by the same author > ( " This is not a bug " ) as two of the most uninformative and unhelpful > messages I have ever seen posted to this normally informative and > very helpful forum! > > > > >From: Roger Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: General forum <[email protected]> > >To: General forum <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Bug? Sin of pi. > >Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:06:26 -0800 > > > >Changes in the C library? Vagaries in the CPU? > >Phase of the moon? > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Joey K Tuttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Friday, December 1, 2006 10:55 am > >Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Bug? Sin of pi. > > > > > At 10:32 -0800 2006/12/01, Roger Hui wrote: > > > >Because > > > > > > > > 1p1 - 3.141592653589793 > > > >0 > > > > > > > But, as was pointed out - > > > > > > 9!:14 '' > > > 4.05/2001-05-16/11:30 > > > 1 o. 1p1 > > > 0 > > > 1p1 - 3.141592653589793 > > > 0 > > > > > > I think the question is, what has caused the shift? > > > > > > 9!:14 '' > > > j504/2005-03-16/15:30 > > > 1 o. 1p1 > > > 1.22461e_16 > > > 1p1 - 3.141592653589793 > > > 0 > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > _________________________________________________________________ > It's Hotmail's 10th Birthday! Come and play Pass the Parcel > http://www.msnpasstheparcel.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
