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Date:         Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:28:23 -0400
Reply-To:     "Vandenbroucke, David A" <David.A.Vandenbroucke@HUD.GOV>
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From:         "Vandenbroucke, David A" <David.A.Vandenbroucke@HUD.GOV>
Subject:      Re: OT: Friday Humor
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>Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:01:33 -0700 >From: "Nordlund, Dan (DSHS/RDA)" <NordlDJ@DSHS.WA.GOV> >Subject: Re: OT: Friday Humor > >Or maybe they are acknowledging that their software only computes with rational >numbers.

Which isn't strictly true, since computers use only integers. Everything else is simulated with integer arithmetic. (Granted, integer is a subset of rational.)

Dav Vandenbroucke Senior Economist U.S. Dept. HUD david.a.vandenbroucke@hud.gov 202-402-5890

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