.999999 = 1
lots and lots of fail
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Originally Posted by azn_redneck
Why? I'm licensed to practice civil engineering. Why would I ask a contractor to construct a basin with a top of wall (TOW) at elevation 0.99 ft when he would have a much easier time building the TOW at elevation 1.00? Engineering is not an exact science, nor does it need to be. Appropriate safety factors are always used to minimize risk without designing something that becomes economically unfeasible.
This argument is so retarded.
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Originally Posted by azn_redneck
Why? I'm licensed to practice civil engineering. Why would I ask a contractor to construct a basin with a top of wall (TOW) at elevation 0.99 ft when he would have a much easier time building the TOW at elevation 1.00? Engineering is not an exact science, nor does it need to be. Appropriate safety factors are always used to minimize risk without designing something that becomes economically unfeasible.
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Originally Posted by reno96teg
ok, but civil engineering != *.engineering..
Checking it twice
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7 days in a week 52 weeks in a year = 364, but a year is 365 days, and a leap year is 366 where did the extra days come from?
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Originally Posted by reno96teg
remind me not to buy, use, drive through, or in any way interact with whatever it is you work on.
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.9999999... infinite 9's cannot be written as a fraction. This logic doesn't work because the infinite number does not exist, it can only be written out as .9 with a bar for short.
Cliffs: It's not a number.
Cliffs: It's not a number.
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From: Scranton, PA
Originally Posted by Buyimports2
Are you getting this from layman's logic or do you have a math source to prove it?
All you have to do is LOOK at the numbers. They are not the same number, they cannot be equal to each other.
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Originally Posted by clickwir
It doesn't require anyone with a huge math background to look at the 2 numbers and see they are different. No formula is going to change that. No big long fancy explination is going to change that.
All you have to do is LOOK at the numbers. They are not the same number, they cannot be equal to each other.
All you have to do is LOOK at the numbers. They are not the same number, they cannot be equal to each other.
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Originally Posted by azn_redneck
Civil engineering is an engineering discipline regulated by the State, therefore it is engineering. It is also the oldest engineering discipline (some call it the second oldest profession).
Originally Posted by Kestrel
You do realize that the standard hand machining tolerance is 0.005"? So, 0.995" rounds to 1"? And most body tolerances on cars is +/- 0.050"?
sheesh.
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