From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Hansen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#1018: 23.0.60; Calculator Units Table "weirdness" Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:32:15 +0200 Organization: disorganized Message-ID: <87zllxjq68.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> References: <874p46iyrk.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> <87y71hiemp.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: David Hansen , 1018@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1222310782 19564 80.91.229.12 (25 Sep 2008 02:46:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:46:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, 1018@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 25 04:47:19 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Kigst-0006XT-A2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:30:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kia60-0001HM-8k for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:32:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:33492) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kia5z-0001Gg-Jb for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:32:20 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 24 Sep 2008 19:32:17 -0000 Original-Received: from e178058062.adsl.alicedsl.de (EHLO robotron.kosmorama) [85.178.58.62] by mail.gmx.net (mp033) with SMTP; 24 Sep 2008 21:32:17 +0200 X-Authenticated: #8518219 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/G7oYvVMXGTi+DVCHci7cHOiifQgR/4XHmBGF4tc rS87P2CqeU3Co/ Original-Received: from dhansen by robotron.kosmorama with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Kia5v-0000O8-DK; Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:32:15 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87y71hiemp.fsf@gmail.com> (Jay Belanger's message of "Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:26:54 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.64 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:49:59 -0400 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:44:54 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:20750 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:23084 Archived-At: On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:26:54 -0500 Jay Belanger wrote: > David Hansen writes: > ... >>>>>From the units table (u v in calc): >> >> tsp 492892159375 10^-11 ml Teaspoon > > The values are stored that way, instead of as a float, when they are > exact. What exactly is "exact"? Just to be a bit pedantic: the "meter" (and therefore every measure of length/surface/volume) is *not* exact, it's an experimentally determined quantity (the length that light travels 1/299792458 seconds). David