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Article #114Re: PBS show is NOT historically correct!
From: Vance Cochrane
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 19:09
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 19:09
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In article <1992Apr16.175710.801@mp.cs.niu.edu>, rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: >In article <1992Apr16.152028.20665@kodak.kodak.com> vec@sunshine.Kodak.COM (Vance Cochrane) writes: >>In article <1992Apr16.135924.15805@mp.cs.niu.edu>, rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: >> >>> Yes, I was annoyed that von Neumann's contributions were ignored. But then >>>what can you expect from a program that says a transistor is 100 times >>>ligher than a vacuum tube -- that would give it negative weight by my >>>calculations. >>> >>Sorry, but (+)/(+) is not < 0 ! > > Sorry, but "lighter" implies a subtraction. > ^^ > Yes, I know many people get this wrong. But a computer is a precise >tool, and programs about computers ought to be precise in their use of >numbers. > Sorry but "100 times lighter" implies 1/100 which is division. If you are interested in precision, please indicate how you translate 100 times lighter into a subtractive operation. As for your computer, if you divide 1 by 100 and get a value < 0, I would have it looked at. -- Vance Cochrane Email: vec@Kodak.COM Research Laboratories Voice: (716) 722-3709 Eastman Kodak Company Fax: (716) 722-0160 Rochester, NY 14650-1816 USA
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!iWarp.intel.com|ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!spdcc!dirtydog.ima.isc.com!ispd-newsserver!kodak!sunshine!vec From: vec@sunshine.Kodak.COM (Vance Cochrane) Newsgroups: comp.org.acm Subject: Re: PBS show is NOT historically correct! Message-ID: <1992Apr16.190912.25532@kodak.kodak.com> Date: 16 Apr 92 19:09:12 GMT Article-I.D.: kodak.1992Apr16.190912.25532 References: <1992Apr16.123654.4010@rucs.faculty.cs.runet.edu> <1992Apr16.135924.15805@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1992Apr16.152028.20665@kodak.kodak.com> <1992Apr16.175710.801@mp.cs.niu.edu> Sender: news@kodak.kodak.com Distribution: comp Organization: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY Lines: 29