Re: [ql-users] apostrophes
On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 01:14:19AM +0100, Tony Firshman wrote: John Taylor wrote: Lau There is no missing apostrophe. The people's, yes, but in this case peoples is plural. Eh? 'People' is plural. Of course, people often use the awful plural 'persons' Ah, but you can have The peoples of the world meaning the multiple sets of people contained within the Universe. Or, to be even more tortuous, you can have something pertaining to multiple sets of people and then you can use peoples'. Don't you just love english grammar? Steve -- --- Nostalgia isn't as good as it used to be. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] apostrophes
For the last 12 days this list has been dominated by a discussion regarding English grammar, hardly on topic. Reading through them you might think that you were on the 'Never Mind the Full Stops' news group, rather than Ql-users! Please, please get back on topic! Cheers Colin On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 01:14:19AM +0100, Tony Firshman wrote: John Taylor wrote: Lau There is no missing apostrophe. The people's, yes, but in this case peoples is plural. Eh? 'People' is plural. Of course, people often use the awful plural 'persons' Ah, but you can have The peoples of the world meaning the multiple sets of people contained within the Universe. Or, to be even more tortuous, you can have something pertaining to multiple sets of people and then you can use peoples'. Don't you just love english grammar? Steve -- --- Nostalgia isn't as good as it used to be. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] apostrophes
On 31 May 2006, at 14:29, Laurence Reeves wrote: Can I go sit quietly in the corner now? I am sure you are capable of that action. You would know best, so why ask us? Or perhaps you mean May I . . . George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Infinity
On 1 Jun 2006, at 00:24, David Tubbs wrote: PEPS. Infinity. I considered introducing infinity in Minerva, but I wouldn't have been happy with just the one. -- Lau Marcel So if it is possible for the computer to handle infinity how and where is it done ? Processor or co-processor ? Operating system ? Programme, spreadsheet or calculator ? Would it be dependent on how numbers were represented internally ? I can't see how one can calculate to infinity even though it is simple to reason that there are an infinite number of points on a finite line. 1/0 , 0^0 (==0/0) each produce errors in MSExcel. Unsurprising, I suppose, that I see no font containing the symbol. The IEEE format of signed infinities for the FPU on Q40 and Q60 is $ (minus infinity) $7FFF (plus infinity) The fifth zero could in fact be 8 as a viable alternative. George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
