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_point#Accuracy_problems
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 22:47, Tom Corcoran  wrote:
>
>> Apologies guys, it made complete sense at the time...clearly I need to
>> lay of the cr**k pie, damn.
>>  


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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 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 = 27.16161158895428
>>> 1276.6/5 = 255.32
>>>
>> My mental arithmetic is a little slow... What do you think is the problem?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> - Kim

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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:
> >
> >> 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
> >
> >
>
>
>
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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 = 27.16161158895428
>> 1276.6/5 = 255.32
>>  
> My mental arithmetic is a little slow... What do you think is the problem?
>
> Thanks,
> - Kim
>
>


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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.
>
>
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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

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[DQSD-Users] Math error

2010-03-23 Thread Tom Corcoran 




I found what looks like a Math error:



1276.595744680851/47 = 27.16161158895428
1276.6/5 = 255.32



tom.




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