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Re: "An ant with the shadow the size of an elephant&
by ReverseEngineer » Mon 22 Sep 2008, 03:42:28
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ohanian', 'O')n my calculator, when I divide 5000 by zero, I get "Error Inf result". On my friend's calculator, he gets "Err Div by Zero".
Actually, its undefined Infinity, as in you inflate the number rapidly until it no longer has meaning. This is hyperinflation. The RESULT is that you have Zero and have to start over.
It was a metaphor anyhow. Yeesh, everyone around here takes things so literally. Makes for very boring writing, IMHO.
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Re: "An ant with the shadow the size of an elephant&
by shakespear1 » Mon 22 Sep 2008, 03:45:03
dsula, I would put it a bit differently.
"I understand what you are trying to say Reversengineer but what you wrote would need to be rewritten as the point is lost in your mathematical example.
X/zero = infinity. Try dividing a given number by smaller and smaller numbers and you will see this
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"I understand what you are trying to say Reversengineer but what you wrote would need to be rewritten as the point is lost in your mathematical example.
X/zero = infinity. Try dividing a given number by smaller and smaller numbers and you will see this
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