The L7HD stores audio in Sony's own Atrac3 format rather than the more common MP3 format.
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No, no no! It's called banker's rounding!
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It is not a bug, per se, as it is on purpose. And all of the "mathematical reasoning" posted so far is so incredibly far from the reason for it, I have to believe that everyone is pulling this from their hindsides.
The numbers are rounded based on the preceding digit when they end in a 5. This is because often number sets are NOT completely random. In banking (hence, "banker's rounding") it is often common to have many.5s (more than a random sample). By rounding ALL of these up, we get an uneven distribution. By using banker's rounding, the rounded set will contain much less bias than traditional rounding.
As for ways around it, its pretty trivial in VB. Just stop spouting all nonsense. MS did this on purpose, for a legit reason, and, of all things, documented it! Read up on it next time.
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The L7HD stores audio in Sony's own Atrac3 format rather than the more common MP3 format.
At least get the Subject right...
It is not a bug, per se, as it is on purpose. And all of the "mathematical reasoning" posted so far is so incredibly far from the reason for it, I have to believe that everyone is pulling this from their hindsides.
.5s (more than a random sample). By rounding ALL of these up, we get an uneven distribution. By using banker's rounding, the rounded set will contain much less bias than traditional rounding.
The numbers are rounded based on the preceding digit when they end in a 5. This is because often number sets are NOT completely random. In banking (hence, "banker's rounding") it is often common to have many
As for ways around it, its pretty trivial in VB. Just stop spouting all nonsense. MS did this on purpose, for a legit reason, and, of all things, documented it! Read up on it next time.