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mwooldri

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21. You forget the point.

Reply to Whiskeytide (Reply #11)

Mon Jul 22, 2013, 11:42 PM

Jul 2013

Is 3.999 + 0.001 = 4? Or could 3.999 be as good enough as 4?

I think we have a point here. Or a 4 point 0...

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The true difference between liberals and conservatives/teabaggers. [View all] MarianJack Jul 2013 OP

+1 Dawson Leery Jul 2013 #1

Thanx! MarianJack Jul 2013 #3

yes, you make a good point d_r Jul 2013 #2

When I think of 3,... MarianJack Jul 2013 #4

Also - we can spell our protest signs correctly!_ Initech Jul 2013 #5

True! MarianJack Jul 2013 #6

Hair, hair. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #7

Or, in my case,... MarianJack Jul 2013 #9

Well put and right to the point. dgauss Jul 2013 #8

I also say 2+2, dang it! MarianJack Jul 2013 #10

Exactly, let's get to the point. mwooldri Jul 2013 #20

But you are completely missing that it is important which two comes first. Pholus Jul 2013 #26

1s, 2s and 3s .....? Whiskeytide Jul 2013 #11

Prime numbers because... MarianJack Jul 2013 #12

Oh man - that's good!! Whiskeytide Jul 2013 #13

Thanx! MarianJack Jul 2013 #15

You forget the point. mwooldri Jul 2013 #21

And I'd never want... MarianJack Jul 2013 #27

what pisses me off (as a socialist) PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #14

Also, don't forget that... MarianJack Jul 2013 #16

I know a conservative Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2013 #36

He forgot... MarianJack Jul 2013 #41

LOL Iliyah Jul 2013 #17

I sometimes suspect... MarianJack Jul 2013 #28

*Whether Fearless Jul 2013 #18

Thet's fyne! MarianJack Jul 2013 #29

I wonder what conservative liberals are? mwooldri Jul 2013 #19

I'm reluctant to call teabaggers "batshit" crazy. MarianJack Jul 2013 #31

Oh yes. In Europe, Obama would be considered a center-right politician Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2013 #37

3+.999999999999999999 repeating = 4 RedCappedBandit Jul 2013 #22

I have no idea! MarianJack Jul 2013 #32

I spent over an hour trying to convince one of my co-workers of that Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2013 #38

Some liberals even debate the proper spelling.. awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #23

You make a good point. MarianJack Jul 2013 #33

Right. kentauros Jul 2013 #42

I hate to say it... nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #24

at least you are consistent. DCBob Jul 2013 #30

Normally I'd agree, but... MarianJack Jul 2013 #34

I am talking from my experience at this place nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #39

True, there are some here... MarianJack Jul 2013 #40

I see it as part of the hyper partisanship that nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #43

Lots of good points on this thread! dgauss Jul 2013 #25

Many of them are... MarianJack Jul 2013 #35