Re: way way off topic

2012-10-24 Thread Walter Hurry
On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:51:54 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > lets say that x == 15 and y == 16. Q: how much less is x than y? it > is not just "1"; there was some other way of finding the answer. 6.25% ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org maili

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-24 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:23:17 +0200 Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:39:55 +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:13:05 -0700 > > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 05:52:02PM -0700, Gezeala M. Bacuño II > > > wrote: if/when I ever f

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-24 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:39:55 +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:13:05 -0700 > Gary Kline wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 05:52:02PM -0700, Gezeala M. Bacuño II wrote: > > if/when I ever find that v short exercise, THIS time, il'l remember to > > 'splain stuff

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-23 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:13:05 -0700 Gary Kline wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 05:52:02PM -0700, Gezeala M. Bacuño II wrote: > if/when I ever find that v short exercise, THIS time, il'l remember to > 'splain stuff in > > /* >* comments >*/ > your programs are no

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-23 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 05:52:02PM -0700, Gezeala M. Bacuño II wrote: > % change = ( (present - past) / past ) * 100 > yeah, this is exactly it for my "how much more is 16 than 15" problem. or the ages example. It's 6.6[bar-over .6]% this is probably close to o

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-23 Thread Gezeala M . Bacuño II
% change = ( (present - past) / past ) * 100 On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 08:52:49AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: >> On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:31:18 +0700, Olivier Nicole wrote: >> > Gary, >> > >> > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Gary Kline wrote: >>

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-23 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 08:52:49AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:31:18 +0700, Olivier Nicole wrote: > > Gary, > > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > apologies up front for this math type quandary. I had it in a std C > > > program, > > > but 3

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-23 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 08:52:49AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:31:18 +0700, Olivier Nicole wrote: > > Gary, > > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > apologies up front for this math type quandary. I had it in a std C > > > program, > > > but 3

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-23 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:34:36AM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:20:07 -0700 > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > apologies up front for this math type quandary. I had it in a std C > > program, but 3+ hours of grepping havent found it. I would have bet > > my last ce

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-23 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:31:18AM +0700, Olivier Nicole wrote: > Gary, > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > apologies up front for this math type quandary. I had it in a std C program, > > but 3+ hours of grepping havent found it. I would have bet my last cent > > th

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-23 Thread perryh
Olivier Nicole wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Gary Kline wrote: > > apologies up front for this math type quandary. I had it in > > a std C program, but 3+ hours of grepping havent found it. > > I would have bet my last cent that I had a summary Somewhere, > > but cant find that eithe

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-22 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:31:18 +0700, Olivier Nicole wrote: > Gary, > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > apologies up front for this math type quandary. I had it in a std C program, > > but 3+ hours of grepping havent found it. I would have bet my last cent > > that I >

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-22 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:20:07 -0700 Gary Kline wrote: > > apologies up front for this math type quandary. I had it in a std C > program, but 3+ hours of grepping havent found it. I would have bet > my last cent that I had a summary Somewhere, but cant find that > either. > > here is the pr

Re: way way off topic

2012-10-22 Thread Olivier Nicole
Gary, On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Gary Kline wrote: > > apologies up front for this math type quandary. I had it in a std C program, > but 3+ hours of grepping havent found it. I would have bet my last cent that > I > had a summary Somewhere, but cant find that either. > > here is the pro

way way off topic

2012-10-22 Thread Gary Kline
apologies up front for this math type quandary. I had it in a std C program, but 3+ hours of grepping havent found it. I would have bet my last cent that I had a summary Somewhere, but cant find that either. here is the problem as best I can remember it. let's say that john is 8 and hi