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Re: OT (and Flamebait): Top-Posting



On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 09:24:07PM -0500, Michael Martinell wrote:
 
> Following these statements and math, one is always dividing, not
> subtracting.  No matter how many times you divide you are still left with
> parts.  If you then call each of the new parts a whole and divide it you
> never end up with 0 or less then 0.  Unless you divide by 0, but of course
> that is an imaginary number (i).

Division by zero is invalid.  It does not produce i, the square root of -1,
it simply means you can't use that formula in that situation.
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Carl Fink                                         carl@fink.to
If you attempt to fix something that isn't broken, it will be.
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