Re: [DQSD-Users] Math error

2010-03-28 Thread Tom Corcoran
Kim, I'm flattered! Will try to live up to that trust on my next post :-) On 24/03/2010 05:52, Kim Gräsman wrote: > Heh, I had a whole answer prepared about IEEE floating-point accuracy > [1], but I thought the numbers looked OK :) > > Cheers, > - Kim > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_

Re: [DQSD-Users] Math error

2010-03-23 Thread Kim Gräsman
Heh, I had a whole answer prepared about IEEE floating-point accuracy [1], but I thought the numbers looked OK :) Cheers, - Kim [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point#Accuracy_problems On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 22:47, Tom Corcoran wrote: > Apologies guys, it made complete sense at the ti

Re: [DQSD-Users] Math error

2010-03-23 Thread Glenn Carr
Haha... it happens. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Tom Corcoran wrote: > Apologies guys, it made complete sense at the time...clearly I need to > lay of the cr**k pie, damn. > > On 23/03/2010 21:28, Kim Gräsman wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 22:02, Tom Corcoran > wrote: > >

Re: [DQSD-Users] Math error

2010-03-23 Thread Tom Corcoran
Apologies guys, it made complete sense at the time...clearly I need to lay of the cr**k pie, damn. On 23/03/2010 21:28, Kim Gräsman wrote: > Hi Tom, > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 22:02, Tom Corcoran wrote: > >> I found what looks like a Math error: >> >> 1276.595744680851/47 = 27.1616115889542

Re: [DQSD-Users] Math error

2010-03-23 Thread Glenn Carr
Are those not correct answers? On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Tom Corcoran wrote: > I found what looks like a Math error: > > 1276.595744680851/47 = 27.16161158895428 > 1276.6/5 = 255.32 > > tom. > > > > -- > Download

Re: [DQSD-Users] Math error

2010-03-23 Thread Kim Gräsman
Hi Tom, On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 22:02, Tom Corcoran wrote: > I found what looks like a Math error: > > 1276.595744680851/47 = 27.16161158895428 > 1276.6/5 = 255.32 My mental arithmetic is a little slow... What do you think is the problem? Thanks, - Kim -