[Mid] ARG! (was re: Results of Sanity test)

Okay, everyone, the mathematician [1] in me is screaming [2] in horror! :)

People [3] are writing things like:

5.4545454546
or
87.898989899

Well, stop! :)

There is a concept called Significant Digits [4]. You can't measure [5]
your Sanity [6] past the third significant digit [7] (that is, usually in
the tenths [8] of a percent [9]).

So, practice good mathematical hygiene [10], and "Just Say No" [11] to
extraneous digits! [12]

- Midair [13]

[1] Ph.D. in Control Theory, which is close enough.
[2] Much to the horror of the people down the hall.
[3] The kind gentles on Middlebridge.
[4] S. Summers, "The Significant Digits I've Dated." Random House,
1992.
[5] E. F. Morrill, "An Idiot's Guide to Brain Measuring." Slop House,
1975.
[6] Actually, you can't measure sanity at all, but you can compare
yourself to others. Such as exclaiming that someone is insane
because they like to eat haggis, or they think William Shatner is a
great actor [15].
[7] No, not your middle finger.
[8] Tenths, as opposed to houseths and pavilionths.
[9] It is important to use U.S. currency, as that is the most insane
stuff anyway.
[10] And brush your teeth after every integration...
[11] All Hail Nancy Reagan!
[12] Unless you play the piano, or have an interesting sexual
technique.
[13] Who is great at putting off his real work.
[14] The recursive footnote [14].
[15] Well, he was trained as a Shakespearian actor.
From: "Charles J. Cohen" <charles@eecs.umich.edu>
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Received on Thu Jun 10 10:22:07 1999