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Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil? (Was Re: POV-RAY orange color (0)
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Date: 
Sun, 22 Aug 1999 22:15:41 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm(nomorespam).org
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
Try expressing 22/7
as a decimal (I *won't* wait)
Here you go: 3.1 <base 7> (since 22 is 31 in base 7, dividing by the

But that's not _dec_imal, which implies base 10.


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  Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil? (Was Re: POV-RAY orange color (0)
 
(...) You know that, and I know that. But John, being a mac user, doesn't. :-) Just kidding. But I, right after that, did express it in decimal, exactly. It's just not a non-repeating decimal. He didn't say it couldn't repeat... (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil? (Was Re: POV-RAY orange color (0)
 
(...) Yes, in fact it does. The rules are the way they are because the devisers of the rules have desired outcomes and want the game to have certain characteristics. Why the devisers want those characteristics would be a matter for sociology or (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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