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(...) 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)
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(...) But that's not _dec_imal, which implies base 10. (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: 22/7 & infinities (was: Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil?)
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(...) Whoops. I misspoke. Yes, you can actually manipulate infinite numbers in many (not all) cases, but the example of sqrt(8)/sqrt(2)=2 isn't an example of manipulating infinite numbers. Those numbers are finite, of course -- but perhaps (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | 22/7 & infinities (was: Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil?)
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Plowing though .debate and a couple numbers caught my eye! (below) (...) Larry, IMBW, but I think John might've meant "pi" when he said "22/7" -- at least, I know I've heard people accidentally refer to pi in that manner before. John, pi = (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Biting tin foil (Was: Lego VCR)
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onyx wrote in message ... (...) I don't have fillings(but not perfect teeth). I think what you're talking about happens to me. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Text::Query
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(...) OK, I just took a look at Text::Query. From what I can tell from reading the docs and the source, it looks as though it's a brute force text scanner rather than an inverted-index generator. So that means it's about 3 to 4 orders of magnitude (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Biting tin foil (Was: Lego VCR)
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(...) I've often wondered. I've never been too keen on having my fillings removed so I can experiment, though. :-, It sounds like some kind of electrical phenomenon, perhaps like powering a light bulb with a pair of lemons (1)(2)(3). I've noticed (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Biting tin foil (Was: Lego VCR)
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(...) do fillings enhance this sensation at all (1)(2), or is it natural even in perfect teeth?? (1) my first footnote, all in honor of you, larry pientlkstaha';tlkhedt ;) (2) if the answer to the above is "yes", then is it only with metal-based (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Biting tin foil (Was: Lego VCR)
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(...) Dissimilar electromotive potentials. (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Biting tin foil (Was: Lego VCR)
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(...) Why does biting on tin (or aluminum in my case) foil give the biter the sensation of chewing on minifig-scale caltrops? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Guide to Star Wars vehicles?
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(...) My all-time fave (1) is B Squared's STAR WARS Stuff: (URL) you might want to check out the Star Wars Technical Commentaries: (URL) I'm thinking of something with lots of drawings and diagrams. I've (...) This site is about as informative as (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Boolean vs. multivalued votes
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I agree 100% with what Larry wrote here: (URL) the larger subject of voting, however, I've always felt that up/down is too coarse...that -N/+N systems are more expressive. For example, N=3... Proposition: Blah blah blah blah. Vote: -3 Disagree (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Any good books on jurisprudence?
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I didn't look at the books, but speaking for years of experience on the boards of not-for-profit organizations: By-laws are usually cribbed from a template available in lots of books, or from your state's Secretary Of State office - they regulate (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Thank You! (wasRe: GEEKS HELP!)
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(...) Isn't the president of Gateway named Bill? Steve (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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Found it. John Bauman wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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Mookie wrote in message <37B39C10.DD9E29FA@w...tt.net>... <SNIPPED flame> (...) Any Idea how to do this on Outlook express? (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Thank You! (wasRe: GEEKS HELP!)
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(...) Well, just think, for just a little more than that $1100 you could have gotten yourself an iMac, in your choice of flavors. Oh, that's right, you already have a toy - you wanted a computer. :) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Thank You! (wasRe: GEEKS HELP!)
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Thanks, Geeks, for your help. I decided to buy the computer, even though it's a <ptooey> PC;-) The final deciding factors were: Can now get Mindstorms, and will now be able to get into ldraw{:^D And now I will be able to jump on the "Thanks, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Darn those definitions (was: The new Super Car)
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(...) Do you believe in photons? They aren't compressible. How about neutrinos and gravitons? Any massless particle that passes through matter without interacting with it is "incompressible", at least in the way most people are talking about when (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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