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Things *ARE* getting better, in a few placesThings *ARE* getting better, in a few placesPosted May 24, 2012 13:53 UTC (Thu) by ean5533 (subscriber, #69480)In reply to: Things *ARE* getting better, in a few places by nix Parent article: A Tale of Two Pwnies (Part 1)
>This is on a similar order to the number of failures needed to take down an airliner.
I'm don't think "on a similar order" is really the comparison you meant to use. 1 is on the same order as 6.
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Things *ARE* getting better, in a few places Posted May 24, 2012 15:46 UTC (Thu) by apoelstra (subscriber, #75205) [Link]
>I'm don't think "on a similar order" is really the comparison you meant to use. 1 is on the same order as 6.
Perhaps nix was thinking in base 2, in which case 6 is on the same order as 4 ;).
Things *ARE* getting better, in a few places Posted May 24, 2012 17:13 UTC (Thu) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]
Base e seems more "natural"...
Things *ARE* getting better, in a few places Posted May 25, 2012 8:32 UTC (Fri) by micka (subscriber, #38720) [Link]
You just made me discover non-integral representations. And I thought I was reasonably proficient in math...
Things *ARE* getting better, in a few places Posted May 28, 2012 13:26 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
No, I was thinking in English rather than in pedant. My mistake, on this site. :)
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