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Colin Mullikin15-Oct-13 3:42

Colin Mullikin

15-Oct-13 3:42

glennPattonWork wrote:
Hmm...(2-5/2) = -1.5, (3-5/2) = -1

Speaking of new math, I was always under the impression that 2-5/2 = -.5 and 3-5/2 = .5 ... D'Oh! | :doh:

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glennPattonWork315-Oct-13 3:46

glennPattonWork3

15-Oct-13 3:46

Maff's is all mumbo jumbo! $Shucks | :-\$

Richard Deeming15-Oct-13 3:09

Richard Deeming

15-Oct-13 3:09

Edit: You can't expect me to do algebra this early on a Monday morning.
Wait, it's the afternoon already?
Well, at least it's not Tuesday yet.

Blush | :O

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modified 15-Oct-13 10:00am.

Rage15-Oct-13 3:24

15-Oct-13 3:24

I don't know, I studied in France.

Anyway, in this part of the world, (a-b)^2 = a^2 + b^2 - 2ab.
If a=2 and b=5/2, (a-b)^2 = 4 + 25/4 + 2*2*5/2=4 + 25/4 + 10
If a=3 and b=5/2, (a-b)^2 = 9 + 25/4 + 2*3*5/2=4 + 25/4 + 15

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Colin Mullikin15-Oct-13 3:44

Colin Mullikin

15-Oct-13 3:44

These Brits sure are bad at math today...

Rage wrote:
in this part of the world, (a-b)^2 = a^2 + b^2 - 2ab.

As far as I know, that is true in all parts of the world...

Richard Deeming15-Oct-13 4:01

Richard Deeming

15-Oct-13 4:01

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Rage15-Oct-13 4:02

15-Oct-13 4:02

good edit !

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Super Lloyd15-Oct-13 2:51

Super Lloyd

15-Oct-13 2:51

Simple!

int bM = int.MaxValue, bm = int.MinValue;
Console.WriteLine("Min/Max: {0}/{1}, -Min/-Max: {2}/{3}", bm, bM, -bm, -bM);

will print

Min/Max: -2147483648/2147483647, -Min/-Max: -2147483648/-2147483647

As you can see, int.Min == -int.Min (because there is just not enough positive integer!! Laugh | :laugh:

)

Further, as far as int arithmetic is concerned:

1080000000 x2 = -2134967296

Morale of the story?
Don't overflow!
use checked() block? as in:

int bM = int.MaxValue, bm = int.MinValue;
int bm2;
checked
{
    bm2 = -bm;
}

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modified 15-Oct-13 8:58am.

Rage15-Oct-13 2:53

15-Oct-13 2:53

I like Mark's answer better.

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harold aptroot15-Oct-13 2:56

harold aptroot

15-Oct-13 2:56

It does have to do with int.MinValue, but 1080000000 * 2 = -2134967296 (in int arithmetic), and the math is done in doubles.

gardnerp15-Oct-13 3:24

gardnerp

15-Oct-13 3:24

Because int overflows at 2147483648 and -2147483648 = 2147483648. The random number must be >= 0.98841 for the loop to break which will get hit quickly. For the first one, the random number must be > 1 which won't ever happen.

Confuse-a-cat

hairy_hats15-Oct-13 0:55

hairy_hats

15-Oct-13 0:55

In my doctor's waiting room there is a screen with a rolling health-based infomercial. In it there is a notice saying that people are allowed a free shingles vaccination on the NHS if they are aged 70 or 79.

Your starter for ten is: why those two ages, and why just those two ages? Why not 70 to 79? Why not 70 or 80?

I is confused.

Septimus Hedgehog15-Oct-13 1:02

Septimus Hedgehog

15-Oct-13 1:02

viaducting wrote:
I is confused.

The NHS itself is sometimes confused. Smile | :)

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dxs75315-Oct-13 1:14

dxs753

15-Oct-13 1:14

There is always a catch to freebies.
By the time the receptionist answers the phone... happy birthday, that'l be £7.90.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/vaccinations/Pages/who-can-have-the-shingles-vaccine.aspx[^]

User 171649215-Oct-13 1:19

User 1716492

15-Oct-13 1:19

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Rage15-Oct-13 1:31

15-Oct-13 1:31

IIUC, I guess those aged 71 are pretty f***ed up if they stick to the 70/79. I mean, should I really wait 8 years to get the vaccine ? Confused | :confused:

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OriginalGriff15-Oct-13 1:50

OriginalGriff

15-Oct-13 1:50

The bit that worries me is the "It's perfectly safe" comment - this coming from a government agency makes me assume that it is a form of euthanasia...

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Dan Neely15-Oct-13 2:50

Dan Neely

15-Oct-13 2:50

Shingles is caused by the same virus as chickenpox; it just manifests itself much more severely as you get older. AFAIK the vaccine is the same one that you give your kids so you can put your tin foil hat away.

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User 171649215-Oct-13 1:59

User 1716492

15-Oct-13 1:59

There is a huge number of people in their 70's. An example is that there are over 4 million people in their 70's who still hold UK driving licenses, and that number I suspect is a proportion of those in their 70's. So I guess it would be a difficult to plan and organise for that number in any one year let alone how expensive it would be to vaccinate them all.

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Rage15-Oct-13 2:02

15-Oct-13 2:02

I perfectly understood that. I was merely pointing out that the people aged 71 will have to wait 8 years to get their vaccine. Which at 71, can be quite long.

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modified 15-Oct-13 8:22am.

Keith Barrow15-Oct-13 2:10

Keith Barrow

15-Oct-13 2:10

At this sort of age, a lifetime.

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User 171649215-Oct-13 2:15

User 1716492

15-Oct-13 2:15

Rage wrote:
will have to wait 8 years to get their vaccine. Which at 71, can be quite long.

Yes, I agree. And from this [^] a higher rate in the 70 age group could suggest that the NHS is wrong to discriminate those aged between 71 and 78.

modified 1-Aug-19 21:02pm.

Richard MacCutchan15-Oct-13 3:22

Richard MacCutchan

15-Oct-13 3:22

Yes, I saw this recently and am equally confused about it.

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