12-11-2006, 01:40 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-11-2006, 01:42 AM by SwissMercenary.)
I wonder if this Dr. Anderson fellow happens to work for Verizon - that might explain their general mathematical incompetence.
Oh, yeah, definitely, if I make up a new name for 0/0, and come up with a half-baked (And incorrect) proof for it, it'll so save lives. I mean, we will no longer have pace makers crashing when they try to divide by 0!
Never mind that any further computations will just produce a non-sensical 'nullity' as a result.
But, hey, he's a PHD in Computing Science, what does he know about the NaN result of 0/0, specified by the IEEE.
Oh, yeah, definitely, if I make up a new name for 0/0, and come up with a half-baked (And incorrect) proof for it, it'll so save lives. I mean, we will no longer have pace makers crashing when they try to divide by 0!
Never mind that any further computations will just produce a non-sensical 'nullity' as a result.
But, hey, he's a PHD in Computing Science, what does he know about the NaN result of 0/0, specified by the IEEE.
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