i am ~99.99% sure
that .999999999999999999999~ = 1...
that .999999999999999999999~ = 1...
09-26-2006, 10:29 PM
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| Junkie libertarian 
| i am ~99.99% sure that .999999999999999999999~ = 1 Last edited by hsmith; 09-26-2006 at 11:28 PM.. | ||||
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09-26-2006, 10:32 PM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est  Pragmatist North Carolina
| I think you mean .99999~ but, yes. I agree. | ||||
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09-26-2006, 10:42 PM
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| Junkie libertarian
| Originally Posted by motivez or do i 
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09-26-2006, 10:51 PM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est Pragmatist North Carolina
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09-26-2006, 11:05 PM
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| One American Family at a Time.  Idealist The OC, California
| I disagree. 1=1. .99999999 is ALMOST 1. | ||||
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09-26-2006, 11:21 PM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est Pragmatist North Carolina
| We're not talking about .999999999 though We're talking about .99999999999999~ ( ~ means repeating forever ) | ||||
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09-26-2006, 11:27 PM
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09-27-2006, 12:00 AM
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| One American Family at a Time. Idealist The OC, California
| Originally Posted by motivez Yeah, that's almost 1 too.
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09-27-2006, 12:09 AM
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| Master Debator Election Moderator  Democrat Omaha, NE
| .99999999999999999999999999999999999999 is not 1. If .99999999999999999999 was 1 it would look like "1" and be spelled "one". The way that .99999999999999 sounds when spoken in english is "Point nine nine nine nine nine" | ||||
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09-27-2006, 12:57 AM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est Pragmatist North Carolina
| Yeah, but that has an ending. .99999~ (repeating forever) is equal to 1. You just have a warped concept of infinity. You think, .9999999<a trazzillion, billion, pimpinhoezillion>9 ..like it stops. It never does. | ||||
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09-27-2006, 12:58 AM
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| ipsa Scientia Potestas est Pragmatist North Carolina
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09-27-2006, 10:00 AM
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| Anti-War, Anti-State, Pro-Free Market  Capitalist
| Originally Posted by motivez  We're on this site to discuss political theory, not fuzzy math. | ||||
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09-27-2006, 11:52 AM
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| Originally Posted by motivez well, I'm convinced. | ||||
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09-27-2006, 11:56 AM
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| Liberty, now and forever  Libertarian Party DFW
| fuck you and your numbers!  i hate math  | ||||
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09-27-2006, 12:54 PM
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| Pinko Commie Bastard  Communist Moscow
| this exact thing made it into the Oct 06 issue of Discover magazine, page 17 - probably thanks to OT | ||||
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09-27-2006, 12:54 PM
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| Master Debator Election Moderator Democrat Omaha, NE
| Originally Posted by motivez I know... and no matter how close it gets to 1... it never truly becomes 1.
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09-27-2006, 01:05 PM
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| Banned  Conservative Government is another way to say Better Than You
| Originally Posted by lew Fuzzy math has a lot to do with politics.
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09-27-2006, 01:08 PM
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| Liberty, now and forever Libertarian Party DFW
| 1.000~ =/= .999~ | ||||
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09-27-2006, 02:31 PM
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| I'd rather be dancing Green Party East Bumble, NJ
| This is one of those articles that is a matter of opinion or perspective. A number equals only what it equals. Take a different number, we don't go around debating whether or not 2.9999~ equals 3. However, in our society, we tend to round numbers up, which is how we deducted that .9999~ equals 1. | ||||
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09-27-2006, 02:38 PM
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| Last Starfighter  Independent Northern California
| never Mind That Shit! Here Comes Mongo! | ||||
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