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Re: Wildly OT: Simple math question
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Tracy Pierce <[log in to unmask]>
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Tracy Pierce <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 28 Sep 2001 12:33:30 -0700
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I fail to see the purpose in declaring the obvious to be incorrect, even in
a "math only please" context.  Why not simply call the 3 "most significant"
and explain what that means, also in English?  6 quite clearly is the last
digit, unless you're reading it in Farsi.  Three hundred forty six.  Conveys
a lot of information, and six is clearly the last bit of that conveyed info,
despite its relative insignificance.

Snake oil.

Tracy Pierce

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