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Scorpyn
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:20:00 -
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Edited by: Scorpyn on 13/10/2004 09:24:38
 Originally by: Wren
Are you being serious Scorpyn? Why would the swedish people use the comma as a decimal point?
*Wren goes to dictonary.com.
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Main Entry: decimal point
Function: noun
: a period, centered dot, or in some countries a comma at the left of a proper decimal fraction (as .678) or between the parts of a mixed number (as 3.678) expressed by a whole number and a decimal fraction
...... Why? Why why why? Why why why why why why why why why?
It's a decimal point.. not a decimal comma...
In Sweden, it's a decimal comma and not a point. The first time many ppl encounter a decimal point is with computers, because most computer programs are designed for decimal point. This causes some confusion for those that don't know about it, but once you learn to use a decimal point when dealing with computers it's easy.
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Scorpyn
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:20:00 -
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Edited by: Scorpyn on 13/10/2004 09:24:38
Originally by: Wren
Are you being serious Scorpyn? Why would the swedish people use the comma as a decimal point?
*Wren goes to dictonary.com.
Quote:
Main Entry: decimal point
Function: noun
: a period, centered dot, or in some countries a comma at the left of a proper decimal fraction (as .678) or between the parts of a mixed number (as 3.678) expressed by a whole number and a decimal fraction
...... Why? Why why why? Why why why why why why why why why?
It's a decimal point.. not a decimal comma...
In Sweden, it's a decimal comma and not a point. The first time many ppl encounter a decimal point is with computers, because most computer programs are designed for decimal point. This causes some confusion for those that don't know about it, but once you learn to use a decimal point when dealing with computers it's easy.
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TheMiner
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:21:00 -
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Wren, let them use a , instead of a .
Hey Meehan... so are you saying the English system is not worse than the Metric system?
I'm an "ignorant little minded" who lives in a country where the English system is used and even **I** recognize that the metric system is superor.
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TheMiner
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:21:00 -
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Wren, let them use a , instead of a .
Hey Meehan... so are you saying the English system is not worse than the Metric system?
I'm an "ignorant little minded" who lives in a country where the English system is used and even **I** recognize that the metric system is superor.
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Meehan
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:23:00 -
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Originally by: TheMiner
Wren, let them use a , instead of a .
Hey Meehan... so are you saying the English system is not worse than the Metric system?
I'm an "ignorant little minded" who lives in a country where the English system is used and even **I** recognize that the metric system is superor.
Okay... let's try to get this little piece of fact into your vaccuum for a brain: I don't think there is any system superior to another.
But yeah, I personally prefer the metric system. Prefer, before you make up some value about that word, means I use it personally. That doesn't mean I consider it better.
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Meehan
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:23:00 -
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Originally by: TheMiner
Wren, let them use a , instead of a .
Hey Meehan... so are you saying the English system is not worse than the Metric system?
I'm an "ignorant little minded" who lives in a country where the English system is used and even **I** recognize that the metric system is superor.
Okay... let's try to get this little piece of fact into your vaccuum for a brain: I don't think there is any system superior to another.
But yeah, I personally prefer the metric system. Prefer, before you make up some value about that word, means I use it personally. That doesn't mean I consider it better.
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TheMiner
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:23:00 -
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Now you are trying to be all crafty and philosophical in order to avoid the shame which has been bestowed upon you. You are wrong. We are right.
784 848 838 959 is fine.
9858939889498 is not.
654,645,643 is fine.
644.654.563.645 id fine too...but it would be nice if someone changed so thatthe system was uniform...it can cause a lot of problems.. confusing people.. and computers might get al lscrewed up if you put a lot of 454.643.653.422 numbers into a 543,353,563,421 database. It could think you are trying to feed it IP numbers or something.
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TheMiner
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:23:00 -
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Now you are trying to be all crafty and philosophical in order to avoid the shame which has been bestowed upon you. You are wrong. We are right.
784 848 838 959 is fine.
9858939889498 is not.
654,645,643 is fine.
644.654.563.645 id fine too...but it would be nice if someone changed so thatthe system was uniform...it can cause a lot of problems.. confusing people.. and computers might get al lscrewed up if you put a lot of 454.643.653.422 numbers into a 543,353,563,421 database. It could think you are trying to feed it IP numbers or something.
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TheMiner
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:26:00 -
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LOL you are getting all philosophical and vague.. lolollolool
"Nothing is superior to anything." "Everything is determined by personal preference."
LOL. So a slingshot is just as good as a tank? Roman numerals are just as good as our current (Arabic) number system? LOL?
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TheMiner
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:26:00 -
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LOL you are getting all philosophical and vague.. lolollolool
"Nothing is superior to anything." "Everything is determined by personal preference."
LOL. So a slingshot is just as good as a tank? Roman numerals are just as good as our current (Arabic) number system? LOL?
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Wren
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:26:00 -
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Edited by: Wren on 13/10/2004 09:30:35
Still, in any case, I don't care if you seperate the numbers with a tuna, 1[tuna]234[tuna]567[whale]89, it would still be better than 1234567.89 to quickly and easily tell that it was in the million range, and not the hundred thousand or ten million range.
And if no system is superior or inferior to another, then why aren't we useing the Incan system where there were no written numbers and we used knotted ropes to show prices?
Because that is stupid.
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Wren
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:26:00 -
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Edited by: Wren on 13/10/2004 09:30:35
Still, in any case, I don't care if you seperate the numbers with a tuna, 1[tuna]234[tuna]567[whale]89, it would still be better than 1234567.89 to quickly and easily tell that it was in the million range, and not the hundred thousand or ten million range.
And if no system is superior or inferior to another, then why aren't we useing the Incan system where there were no written numbers and we used knotted ropes to show prices?
Because that is stupid.
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TheMiner
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:28:00 -
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You are 100% correct wren.
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TheMiner
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:28:00 -
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You are 100% correct wren.
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Meehan
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:29:00 -
[135]
Originally by: TheMiner
LOL you are getting all philosophical and vague.. lolollolool
"Nothing is superior to anything." "Everything is determined by personal preference."
LOL. So a slingshot is just as good as a tank? Roman numerals are just as good as our current (Arabic) number system? LOL?
There's a clear difference there. Whatever inbread reasons causing you not to see it is regrettable, but just something you have to live with. Here's a hint for you; finite efficiency determined by empirical testing.
Another hint to get you going: Language ain't very finite...
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Meehan
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:29:00 -
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Originally by: TheMiner
LOL you are getting all philosophical and vague.. lolollolool
"Nothing is superior to anything." "Everything is determined by personal preference."
LOL. So a slingshot is just as good as a tank? Roman numerals are just as good as our current (Arabic) number system? LOL?
There's a clear difference there. Whatever inbread reasons causing you not to see it is regrettable, but just something you have to live with. Here's a hint for you; finite efficiency determined by empirical testing.
Another hint to get you going: Language ain't very finite...
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TheMiner
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:30:00 -
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"And if no system is superior or inferior to another, then why aren't we useing the Incan system where there were no written numbers and we used knotted ropes to show prices?"
OWNED
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TheMiner
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:30:00 -
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"And if no system is superior or inferior to another, then why aren't we useing the Incan system where there were no written numbers and we used knotted ropes to show prices?"
OWNED
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Meehan
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:31:00 -
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By the way, TheMiner. You said you weren't from the states originally? Where are you from and how long have you lived there?
Just personal curiosa, that's all 
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Meehan
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:31:00 -
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By the way, TheMiner. You said you weren't from the states originally? Where are you from and how long have you lived there?
Just personal curiosa, that's all
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Scorpyn
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:31:00 -
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Edited by: Scorpyn on 13/10/2004 09:34:32
Meehan are you feeling grumpy today? Even if he's wrong in your opinion it's not a reason to insult him over and over...
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Scorpyn
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:31:00 -
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Edited by: Scorpyn on 13/10/2004 09:34:32
Meehan are you feeling grumpy today? Even if he's wrong in your opinion it's not a reason to insult him over and over...
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Wren
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:31:00 -
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Language might not be finite, but the damn characters we use to express the language are you high horsed bastard.
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Wren
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:31:00 -
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Language might not be finite, but the damn characters we use to express the language are you high horsed bastard.
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Meehan
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:32:00 -
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Originally by: TheMiner
"And if no system is superior or inferior to another, then why aren't we useing the Incan system where there were no written numbers and we used knotted ropes to show prices?"
OWNED
Because today we use math's where it's not practical? I'm sure it worked just fine back for them, considering the Incan civilization was way more mathematically advanced back then compared to the European nations.
Whuh-oh, not so owned after all.
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Meehan
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:32:00 -
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Originally by: TheMiner
"And if no system is superior or inferior to another, then why aren't we useing the Incan system where there were no written numbers and we used knotted ropes to show prices?"
OWNED
Because today we use math's where it's not practical? I'm sure it worked just fine back for them, considering the Incan civilization was way more mathematically advanced back then compared to the European nations.
Whuh-oh, not so owned after all.
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Meehan
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:33:00 -
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Originally by: Scorpyn
Edited by: Scorpyn on 13/10/2004 09:34:32
Meehan are you feeling grumpy today? Even if he's wrong in your opinion it's not a reason to insult him over and over...
I can't help it. Ignorant people just makes me irritated...
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Meehan
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:33:00 -
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Originally by: Scorpyn
Edited by: Scorpyn on 13/10/2004 09:34:32
Meehan are you feeling grumpy today? Even if he's wrong in your opinion it's not a reason to insult him over and over...
I can't help it. Ignorant people just makes me irritated...
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TheMiner
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:33:00 -
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Originally by: Meehan
By the way, TheMiner. You said you weren't from the states originally? Where are you from and how long have you lived there?
Just personal curiosa, that's all
I live in USA. I've lived here for 18 years of my 22 year life.
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TheMiner
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Posted - 2004.10.13 09:33:00 -
[150]
Originally by: Meehan
By the way, TheMiner. You said you weren't from the states originally? Where are you from and how long have you lived there?
Just personal curiosa, that's all
I live in USA. I've lived here for 18 years of my 22 year life.
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