On Apr 23, 3:47 pm, Dave Hansen <i...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 23, 7:10 am, na...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Anthony Nance) wrote:
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> > In rec.arts.sf.written Wayne Throop <thro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > > :: Agreed; exactly how far _is_ 1 from 2, after all?
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> > > : "Mike Schilling" <mscottschill...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > : It's1 away.
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> > > The term in algorithmics is "off by one".
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> > "It's only off by a constant"
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> "Fencepost error."
Since 2 is supposed to be closer to 3 than it is to 1, clearly the
original questioner isn't thinking of addition.
So I suppose the answer might be that 2 is a factor of 2 away from 1,
while 3 is a factor of 1.5 away from 2.
John Savard
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