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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-08 12:47 AM
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Edited on Wed Oct-29-08 01:29 AM by pokerfan
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amerikat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-08 12:57 AM
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1. I hope they have no plans to go in the vote tally business.
We have enough problems there already.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-08 01:11 AM
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4. I would trust Google before I would trust Diebold
But it is ironic that a company named Google (10100) can't handle a number that is less than half the bailout figure.

Sometimes it's right: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=ejj&q=1%2C999%2C999%2C999%2C999%2C999+-+1%2C999%2C999%2C999%2C999%2C993&btnG=Search">1 999 999 999 999 999 - 1 999 999 999 999 993 = 6

And sometimes it's wrong: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=h3O&q=1%2C999%2C999%2C999%2C999%2C999+-+1%2C999%2C999%2C999%2C999%2C995&btnG=Search">1 999 999 999 999 999 - 1 999 999 999 999 995 = 0

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Believing Is Art Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-08 01:07 AM
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2. Methinks Google needs to reconsider how many sig figs are stored
n/t
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-08 01:09 AM
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3. And yet, this works.



:wtf:
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-08 01:16 AM
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5. Shades of the Pentium FDIV bug (n/t)
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-08 01:25 AM
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6. This could be very profitable for somebody with $400 billion
Keep transferring $1 out of your account. Your priciple wouldn't change!
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