View Single Post
  #42  
Old 11-25-2009, 09:06 PM
Delphinus's Avatar
Delphinus Delphinus is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
Posts: 12,896
Delphinus has a spectacular aura aboutDelphinus has a spectacular aura aboutDelphinus has a spectacular aura about
Send a message via MSN to Delphinus
Default

The problem is as soon as you put a 1 in there, the number of zeroes preceding becomes finite, which means what's left is 0.99999999. ..... 9 (and then stops).

So I bet it's the same number. It's been a while since I was any good at math, but there was a time I lived for that kind of stuff.
__________________
-- Tony
My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
Reply With Quote