Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: David Corn
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 03:30

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briel@branch.pfc.forestry.ca ("Bill G. Riel") wrote:

>David Corn (dcorn@metronet.com) wrote:
>
>: The difference is usability.  Excel is easier to use, and so people
>: will move to the new standard, like it or not.  
>
>And as an added bonus, Excel will automatically read your mind
>when you accidentally enter the wrong number.  For example, using
>Excel V. 5.0 for Windows, lets say that I mistakenly enter the number
>1.40737488355328 into a cell.  I press Return and *poof* now, the
>value in the cell is ... 0.64!  Amazing isn't it!
>
>Try the same test on Excel for the Mac and guess what - now the
>value magically morphs to ... 1.28!

You've found either a bug or an easter egg, depending on your
perspective.  Enter 1.40737488355327, for example, and you get exactly
that in the dialog box and in the spreadsheet. 

Nothing you said refuted my point.

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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 03:30:53 GMT
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