tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18103977.post114659544234130686..comments2024-03-28T03:24:52.114-04:00Comments on The Lansey Brothers' Blog: Incoherent Industrial Inhibitions?Eli Lanseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01955234977479398457noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18103977.post-1146805809821316452006-05-05T01:10:00.000-04:002006-05-05T01:10:00.000-04:00thanks for all those helpful Wikipedia links in yo...thanks for all those helpful <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia</A> links in your blog (why is that becoming the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory" REL="nofollow">fashion</A> these days?) It provides a <A HREF="http://www.onlytzaras.com/" REL="nofollow">humorous </A> (and sometimes rather <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/" REL="nofollow">ridiculous</A>) <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashi" REL="nofollow">sub-commentary</A> on things you say in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The" REL="nofollow">the</A> blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18103977.post-1146776123705026022006-05-04T16:55:00.000-04:002006-05-04T16:55:00.000-04:00It is truly amazing how a power outage can cause s...It is truly amazing how a power outage can cause strange conversations like ..."My calculator is better than your calculator".<BR/><BR/>You should all view the Arguement Clinic for some pointers<BR/><BR/>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-572077907195969915&q=monty+python&pl=trueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18103977.post-1146668293434825602006-05-03T10:58:00.000-04:002006-05-03T10:58:00.000-04:00Just want to clear up one fact: The divine interve...Just want to clear up one fact: The divine intervention argument was not mine.<BR/><BR/>Actually I probably didn't need to clear that up. Now it kind of sounds like it was my argument and I'm denying it. But it wasn't and I'm not I mean am.notElonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857651031212875523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18103977.post-1146609131488718442006-05-02T18:32:00.000-04:002006-05-02T18:32:00.000-04:00Yeah yeah, divine intervention. What your looking...Yeah yeah, divine intervention. What your looking at is the IEEE double precision: 64 bits, 1 bit for the sign, 11 bits for the exponent, and 52 bits for the mantissa. That means your biggest number will be ever so slightly less than 2^(2^11). Watch out what you base your faith on.<BR/><BR/>Eli, try 128 bits with a 31 bit exponent.Lanseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08825175323995592999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18103977.post-1146596169986106462006-05-02T14:56:00.000-04:002006-05-02T14:56:00.000-04:00On my 8 year old computer, Mathematica can reach n...On my <A HREF="http://www-ipst.u-strasbg.fr/pat/internet/histinfo/babdif.gif" REL="nofollow">8 year old computer</A>, <A HREF="http://www.wolfram.com/" REL="nofollow">Mathematica</A> can reach numbers exceeding 1.92x10^646456887. Take <I>that</I> TI-89!Eli Lanseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955234977479398457noreply@blogger.com