[sqlite] Simple Math Question

2015-10-28 Thread General Discussion of SQLite Database
On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 10:08 AM, James K. Lowden wrote: > On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:43:44 -0700 Scott Hess wrote: > > You're right, any base-2 representation right of the decimal should be > > precise to represent in base-10. But it's the kind of thing where if > > you find yourself counting on

[sqlite] Simple Math Question

2015-10-28 Thread General Discussion of SQLite Database
On 28 Oct 2015, at 5:08pm, James K. Lowden wrote: > If we accept what you say, above, then why should > >> (9.2+7.8+0+3.0+1.3+1.7) > > in particular present any problem? There's no division. Each value > has an exact decimal representation. You didn't work it out yourself, did you ? 0.2

[sqlite] Mailing list policy change

2015-10-28 Thread General Discussion of SQLite Database
Effective immediately, the sender email address for mailing list posts will be elided. All replies must go back to the mailing list itself. The reason for this change is to combat the "Alexa" spam. For the past few weeks, whenever anybody posts to the mailing list, that person gets a reply from

[sqlite] Mailing list policy change

2015-10-28 Thread General Discussion of SQLite Database
On 28 Oct 2015, at 5:52pm, General Discussion of SQLite Database wrote: > All replies must go back to the mailing list itself. Erm ... just a warning from an experienced mailadmin. If you do this exactly the way you described they can trigger an endless loop of spam just by subscrib

[sqlite] Mailing list policy change

2015-10-28 Thread General Discussion of SQLite Database
On 28.10.2015 18:52, General Discussion of SQLite Database wrote: > Hence, we have token the radical approach of denying the sender email > address to*everyone*. Could you preserve the sender's name in the from header instead of substituting the generic "General Discussion of SQLi

[sqlite] Mailing list policy change

2015-10-28 Thread General Discussion of SQLite Database
> > Could you preserve the sender's name in the from header instead of > substituting the generic "General Discussion of SQLite Database"? > > This would make it possible to automatically highlight messages by > author, i.e. the SQLite dev team. I second that r

[sqlite] Mailing list policy change

2015-10-28 Thread General Discussion of SQLite Database
On 2015-10-28 11:25 AM, General Discussion of SQLite Database wrote: >> >> Could you preserve the sender's name in the from header instead of >> substituting the generic "General Discussion of SQLite Database"? >> >> This would make it possible to automatica

[sqlite] Mailing list policy change

2015-10-28 Thread General Discussion of SQLite Database
On 2015-10-28 10:52 AM, General Discussion of SQLite Database wrote: > The reason for this change is to combat the "Alexa" spam. For the > past few weeks, whenever anybody posts to the mailing list, that > person gets a reply from "Alexa"... While that was often the

[sqlite] Mailing list policy change

2015-10-28 Thread General Discussion of SQLite Database
On 10/28/15, General Discussion of SQLite Database wrote: > On 2015-10-28 10:52 AM, General Discussion of SQLite Database wrote: >> The reason for this change is to combat the "Alexa" spam. For the >> past few weeks, whenever anybody posts to the mailing list, that &g