Let's see how this poll stands up after thirty pages of debate. 8)

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"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

So far, so good.

Yep.

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Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend,... - Moody Blues.

Neptune- The original Dark Matter.

The author feels that this technique of deliberately lying will actually make it easier for you to learn the ideas. - Donald Knuth

20% "no's" already :roll:

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There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand ternary, those who don't, and those waiting for a bus.
If logic doesn't work, then surely it does.

Stop being so negative. It's two no's, and we still have two people arguing on the other thread. By contrast, it's 9 yes votes. Give it a little time.

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"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

Proudly brandishes inky (index) finger. :P

[Edit for clarification. Context is everything. 8) ]

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And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling [faces] lyin' to ye' everywhere ye' go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.

I've helped to move that poll in the right direction.

13-4.

Hey, I'm an engineer. Within 10% is usually close enough. Precision beyond the third decimal is unnecessary and usually wasteful.

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Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by ignorance or stupidity.
Isaac Asimov

For the benefit of latecomers to this debate, we should provide them with its context. Let's hope they don't fall asleep half way through the context.

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"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire.
"All your bias are belong to us" Ara Pacis.

It should really be in the OP, and it shoudl say "read this before voting".

26% no's, that's 30% to one significant place, which is almost 1/3, which is the best part of 50%, which if written as 0.5 rounds up to 1, which is a everyone!

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There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand ternary, those who don't, and those waiting for a bus.
If logic doesn't work, then surely it does.

Well, do your own poll if you don't like mine. Probably, the only way to be truly accurate is to have each person state their position and someone with time on their hands can add it all up. It's still turning out better than the first poll.

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"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

But that would be heartless and cruel. :wink:

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"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire.
"All your bias are belong to us" Ara Pacis.

We're at 1/3 or 33.333333...% If we triple the yea votes that will give us 3/3 or 3 x 33.3333333...% or 99.999999999...%


One nagging question: Did we really need another thread on this topic?

If you had finished reading the other thread, you would know the answer to that question.

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"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

I'm afraid to ask (and I don't want to start up that discussion here too), did anybody in the other thread ask about cutting something to such a lenght? If so, what chapter?

Being an engineer and not a mathmatician, if somebody can cut me a piece pipe to 26.999999999999999999999... inches and keep it from being 27 inches or 26.99999999...999990 I'll vote no.

[edit, edit, and edit again. I'll get this right eventually.]

I may just vote no because I think we live in a free society and it's extremely fascist to make everyone vote one way!!! [-(

8)

Edited to Add:

Who are the holdouts up there

Alright, keep your hair on. I thought the point of your pole was to demonstrate your point that many people would have initially voted no and then changed their minds after having read the other thread. After Disinfo's comment it just occurred to me that some people may vote on your pole before realizing there was another thread about it thus enabling you to make the same claim about your pole should it not back up your claim 8-[

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There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand ternary, those who don't, and those waiting for a bus.
If logic doesn't work, then surely it does.

Poll, not pole. :wink:

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"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire.
"All your bias are belong to us" Ara Pacis.

Yes, because it is in my nature to trust people on topics when they know a lot more about them than I do. Especially when they agree amongst themselves. But not because it makes sense to me. Which it doesn't, but that's only because I am limited by my perspective, part of which is having very limited knowledge of the topic.

Or should I just say, . . . UNCLE! #-o

Thank you.

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Don of Borg - Cool, Calm, Collective.

"Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

I voted the same way I voted the last time. ATP is going to give me a lashing. :P

Have you read the other thread?

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"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire.
"All your bias are belong to us" Ara Pacis.

I read that other thread when it was in its infancy, and it convinced me to vote yes, but one thing I don't follow at all is this: Why is it that you wouldn't just get -8.99999999....?

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Begone, braggage!
My bible!

I voted for 0.9999r = 0.9999r and 1.0 = 1.0 whatever that means...

Isn't the difference between them equal to some kind of infinity...so long as you go to an infinite number of decimal places?? #-o #-o #-o #-o #-o

My hair is on. Don't you worry.

Besides, it kind of does still demonstrate my point. The numbers are WAY better on this poll than the last one. I know you won't be happy as long as one person votes the wrong way, but I honestly think this demonstrates that people on this board are willing to change when given new information. It's the reason I love this board.

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"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

Yes, I think the results to demonstrate your point.
Well we'll never know now, because we don't know how many voted the wrong way before reading the other thread and changing their minds :P
I agree.

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There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand ternary, those who don't, and those waiting for a bus.
If logic doesn't work, then surely it does.

FWIS, why make fun of the folks who don't except your 'new information' as fact? It doesn't seem nice for some reason. :-?

Unless you're a safety engineer, and then they want precision to the millionth place.

What are you talking about? Who's making fun of you?

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"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

I guess I should ask you what you mean by what I bolded. To me, from what has already been written that the majority voting for yes are right, and the minority voting for no are wrong. Am I reading to much into 'your' words?

If so, my apologies. FYI, I never said anything was directed at me. :wink:

Can we get 5 more people to vote no, and one more person to vote yes? That would make the totals look like this:



which would mean that 33.33333... % had voted no, and 66.66666... % had voted yes. And that of course adds up to 99.9999... %

the very definition of irony.