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# which means it has an
infinate amount of decimal places



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(TeHsPrOuT, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:13, archived)
# a third has an infinite number of decimal places
but is rational.

keep trying....
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:14, archived)
# doesnt it mean
that it cannot be descried accuratly as a fraction or ratio?
(The Scone from U.N.C.L.E., Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:15, archived)
# bingo.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:15, archived)
# yup
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:15, archived)
# congratulations.
(Rogue Sausage, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:20, archived)
# well of course it means it can't be described accurately as a fraction or ratio
that goes without saying!
(TeHsPrOuT, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:31, archived)
# but is not infinite
the decimal string representing pi is infinite in length
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:15, archived)
# I fought that...
If it goes on for ever then it's infinite...

The ancient Egyptians thought it was 22/7 but they also thought that pulling your brains out through your nose was a good idea.
(I helped save b3ta! Duncan Disorderly, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:17, archived)
# you lie.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:17, archived)
# infinity is notoriously hard to define
and i can't remember the proper definition... cue sargant
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:19, archived)
# big.
come on, i'm a first year.

edit: i suppose zero and infinity are related as infinity is equal to one divided by zero, and vice versa.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:20, archived)
# My brain hurts
off to bed
(I helped save b3ta! Duncan Disorderly, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:22, archived)
# 1/0 is not infinite
Its 0
(nospoon The Olympigs would have been more entertaining., Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:22, archived)
# how so?
it's undefined. you think of 0/1
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:23, archived)
# quick google
mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/62486.html
(nospoon The Olympigs would have been more entertaining., Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:28, archived)
# So...
1/infinty is so small that you would think it was 0 but it isn't...

I suppose it's useful if you're on a diet
(I helped save b3ta! Duncan Disorderly, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:33, archived)
# i'm not even there yet
so i'm also excused


also i'm probably going to do medicine rather than maths now so i'm doubly excused... maybe
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:22, archived)
# to be fair
no-one said "infinitely large," just "infinite." which is vague enough to be meaningless, really.
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:18, archived)
# you smell.
BUT OF WHAT?
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:18, archived)
# poo and wee
and fart juice
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:19, archived)
# lush soap
lush bath bar
lush shampoo
lush conditioner
red wine

i am 100% of lush
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:21, archived)
# i think americans are around right now.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:22, archived)
# unless the wine is also lush
that would make you 80% of lush :)
(I helped save b3ta! verbal, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:24, archived)
# startling trouser snakes
I only wanted to say a comment and it turned into a full on debate. Arseparnip!
(nospoon The Olympigs would have been more entertaining., Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:21, archived)
# no, pi stops
when i tell it to.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Sand GOBLIN ^popular page dis, Sun 9 Nov 2003, 0:15, archived)