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Old Oct 15, 2009, 8:49 pm
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Originally Posted by SteveinA2
Actually 298 is .2 percent of 125K
Just like the square root of 2 is 1

However 298 is not .20 percent of 125K
and the square root of 2 is not 1.0
An accountant and a physicist walk into a bar...
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Old Oct 15, 2009, 9:42 pm
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Originally Posted by scubadu
Ok, that's just funny. My experience is exactly the opposite; nothing around here goes "shorter." Case in point, we just had a 2 page, 24 reply thread to answer what must be one of the simplest questions possible, "Will I earn miles on an award ticket?"
You've summed it up quite well.
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Old Oct 16, 2009, 12:55 am
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Originally Posted by SteveinA2
Actually 298 is .2 percent of 125K
Just like the square root of 2 is 1
It appears you are posting irrational information.
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Old Oct 16, 2009, 5:18 am
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Originally Posted by c_stanley
It appears you are posting irrational information.
Its not even 8am but that made me laugh!^
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Old Oct 16, 2009, 5:30 am
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Originally Posted by c_stanley
It appears you are posting irrational information.
But in Pythagoras day, wasn't that info (square root of 2's irrationality) "they" tried to suppress?
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Old Oct 16, 2009, 8:41 am
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Originally Posted by nrr
But in Pythagoras day, wasn't that info (square root of 2's irrationality) "they" tried to suppress?
Many have tried to suppress scientific truth for political ends throughout history. In fact, it was even going on as recently as a year ago.

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