On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
> A quote from someone on Facebook. Any comments?
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>> "Computers can only do computations for rational numbers, not for real
>> numbers. Every number in a computer is represented as rational. No computer
>> can represent pi or any other real
On 27 Apr 2013, at 11:40, Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Craig Weinberg
wrote:
A quote from someone on Facebook. Any comments?
"Computers can only do computations for rational numbers, not for
real
numbers. Every number in a computer is represented as rational
Dear Stathis and Bruno,
Stathis' reply is commendable, with one excessive word:
" r e a l ". I asked Bruno several times to 'identify' the term
'number' in common-sense language. So far I did not understand such (my
mistake?) I still hold *'numbers'* as the product of human thinking which
cann
On Saturday, April 27, 2013 5:40:18 AM UTC-4, stathisp wrote:
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> > A quote from someone on Facebook. Any comments?
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> >> "Computers can only do computations for rational numbers, not for real
> >> numbers. Every number in a
On 28/04/2013, at 3:31 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
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> On Saturday, April 27, 2013 5:40:18 AM UTC-4, stathisp wrote:
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>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Craig Weinberg wrote:
>> > A quote from someone on Facebook. Any comments?
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>> >> "Computers can only do computations for ration
I am seeing in Dr. Clough's writing, much of the same thing the Einstein
described in his responses to interviewers or letter correspondents, and also
much of the thing, not only Leibniz thought of, but also Spinoza. If I
remember correctly, Leibniz never met Benedict (Baruch) Spinoza, but ha
On Saturday, April 27, 2013 2:20:20 PM UTC-4, stathisp wrote:
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> On Saturday, April 27, 2013 5:40:18 AM UTC-4, stathisp wrote:
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>> > A quote from someone on Faceboo
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