On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 07:21:31AM -0500, James Knott wrote: > On 02/11/2016 03:33 AM, Steve Edmonds wrote: > > And there is the distinction between precision and accuracy. You can > > be very precisely inaccurate. > > I guess you've never studied Calculus, where the answer often > approaches, but never actually reaches some value. You can get closer > and closer, but never actually get that value. ;-)
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