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Re: Military time (whoops!)



Reply to note from David Auerbach  Sat, 17
Jun 2006 16:46:59 -0400

> Well, if were really going to quibble I'd point out the
> use/mention errors above. (OK, I will; it should be "Gee, I had
> no idea that 0.9... is the same as 1.0 or 1.0...." or else
> "Gee, I had no idea that "0.9..." names what "1.0" names ...".)

You're right! Love it. Touché.

> ... So yep, .9999... = 1.

Interesting. Thanks. (Were there footnotes in your original?
Because they didn't come through here.)

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Carl Distefano
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