Infinity does not exist. Real mathematicians (ie - NOT you) only speak of numbers APPROACHING infinity. So, as the divisor approaches zero, the quotient approaches infinity. You cannot have infinity as a quantity since it does not exist. Otherwise what happens when you divide infinity by zero, and is that new infinity the same as the first infinity?
You learn arithmetic long before you learn algebra, and a very basic rule of arithmetic is thou shalt never divide by zero because the result is undefined.
"How?" said Miss Pearce obediently, but without enthisiasm.
"By writing down what the answer is!" exclaimed Dirk. "And here it is!" He slapped the piece of paper triumphantly and sat back with a satisfied smile.
Miss Pearce looked at it dumbly.
"With the result," continued Dirk, "that I am now able to turn my mind to fresh and intriguing problems, like, for instance..."
He took the piece of paper covered with its aimless squiggles and doodlings, and held it up to her.
"What language," he said in a low, dark voice, "is this written in?"
Miss Pearce continued to look at it dumbly.
Dirk flung the piece of paper down, put his feet up on the table, and threw his head back with his hands behind it.
"You see what I have done?" he asked the ceiling, which seemed to flinch slightly at being yanked so suddenly into the conversation. "I have transformed the problem from an intractably difficult and possibly quite insoluble conundrum into a mere linguistic puzzle. Albeit," he muttered, aftera long moment of silent pondering, "an intractably difficult and possibly insoluble one."
Apologies to Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
After 20 years of programming, I've decided I'm tired of checking for div by zero.
I am amazed that someone can persist in a career for 20 years without a clue as to what they are doing. If you are getting divide by zero errors there is something wrong with your logic. Don't blame the computer and certainly don't try to outsmart the computer which is trying to help you by pointing this out. Div by zero errors aren't something you should gloss over, they're something that should make you sit down and come up with an algorithm that actually does what you thought it was supposed to do.
Most of the damage from a nuclear weapon comes from the overpressure created by superheated air. There's no air in space. So apart from being hit by tiny fragments of bomb casing and part of the object being heated a little not much would happen, even if detonated on the surface of such an object. Drilling into it on the other hand might - MIGHT work. Now, how'd you like to drill a couple hundred feet into solid iron-nickel alloy?
So where does that put the US, since they actually created ISIS to go after Assad before they turned? Does the US government get to put itself in jail for treason?
and which may have helped to prevent a 'hot' nuclear war.
Preventing escalation in hostility by acting in a hostile manner. Right. See? Spies are GOOD. When we spy on a country it means we're trying to be friends. Also black is white, 2+2 = 5, and Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
Feel free to check out the intel specifications on the CPU involved. Under memory specifications it says: Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 32 GB.
Now I know that theoretically a 64 bit CPU should be able to address 2^64 bytes, which is a very large number indeed. In practicality however I'm guessing they're saving on pins and/or using them for something else.
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Not once have I seen an airline actually enforce carry-on size regulations, in 40 years of air travel.
Better than Wikipedia maybe take a math course? I mean, if you want to sound like you know anything when discussing math.
The Limit as x aproaches 0+ of a/x = infinity. But the Limit as x approaches 0- of a/x = negative infinity.
Incorrect.
The Limit as x aproaches 0+ of a/x = approaches infinity. But the Limit as x approaches 0- of a/x = negative infinity.
Infinity does not exist. Real mathematicians (ie - NOT you) only speak of numbers APPROACHING infinity. So, as the divisor approaches zero, the quotient approaches infinity. You cannot have infinity as a quantity since it does not exist. Otherwise what happens when you divide infinity by zero, and is that new infinity the same as the first infinity?
Except a graph of the tangent function.
You learn arithmetic long before you learn algebra, and a very basic rule of arithmetic is thou shalt never divide by zero because the result is undefined.
"How?" said Miss Pearce obediently, but without enthisiasm.
"By writing down what the answer is!" exclaimed Dirk. "And here it is!" He slapped the piece of paper triumphantly and sat back with a satisfied smile.
Miss Pearce looked at it dumbly.
"With the result," continued Dirk, "that I am now able to turn my mind to fresh and intriguing problems, like, for instance..."
He took the piece of paper covered with its aimless squiggles and doodlings, and held it up to her.
"What language," he said in a low, dark voice, "is this written in?"
Miss Pearce continued to look at it dumbly.
Dirk flung the piece of paper down, put his feet up on the table, and threw his head back with his hands behind it.
"You see what I have done?" he asked the ceiling, which seemed to flinch slightly at being yanked so suddenly into the conversation. "I have transformed the problem from an intractably difficult and possibly quite insoluble conundrum into a mere linguistic puzzle. Albeit," he muttered, aftera long moment of silent pondering, "an intractably difficult and possibly insoluble one."
Apologies to Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Yeah but for some people "if(investors >= 1)" is hard.
After 20 years of programming, I've decided I'm tired of checking for div by zero.
I am amazed that someone can persist in a career for 20 years without a clue as to what they are doing. If you are getting divide by zero errors there is something wrong with your logic. Don't blame the computer and certainly don't try to outsmart the computer which is trying to help you by pointing this out. Div by zero errors aren't something you should gloss over, they're something that should make you sit down and come up with an algorithm that actually does what you thought it was supposed to do.
Most of the damage from a nuclear weapon comes from the overpressure created by superheated air. There's no air in space. So apart from being hit by tiny fragments of bomb casing and part of the object being heated a little not much would happen, even if detonated on the surface of such an object. Drilling into it on the other hand might - MIGHT work. Now, how'd you like to drill a couple hundred feet into solid iron-nickel alloy?
You better believe it!
Doesn't matter. All that matters is that a bank can find someone dumb enough to pay for it. There's always one.
Hookers and blow.
Why do I feel like this is an ad for the code analyzer?
But Amazon sells computers, and computers facilitate piracy.
Wouldn't it be simpler if I just told you I was 47?
So where does that put the US, since they actually created ISIS to go after Assad before they turned? Does the US government get to put itself in jail for treason?
Fix problems that exist. Worrying about them won't do shit.
and which may have helped to prevent a 'hot' nuclear war.
Preventing escalation in hostility by acting in a hostile manner. Right. See? Spies are GOOD. When we spy on a country it means we're trying to be friends. Also black is white, 2+2 = 5, and Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
I don't think Apple sells anything for $25, except for maybe iPhone cases.
all the antimalware programs you'd want on a PC
If you're trying to draw on the notion that only PC's get malware I have news for you...
A 386 has plenty of horsepower for facebook. The Windows OS on the other hand...
After all, they're still in business, right?
Yeah, right up until they day they're not. Unfortunately in this business the usual exit is not retirement, it's prison.
Feel free to check out the intel specifications on the CPU involved. Under memory specifications it says: Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 32 GB.
Now I know that theoretically a 64 bit CPU should be able to address 2^64 bytes, which is a very large number indeed. In practicality however I'm guessing they're saving on pins and/or using them for something else.
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