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OscarWilde

Fri Apr 12 03:02:57 2002

Check out the troll [url=http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopic/page?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=48409524&m=1690940724&r=5770990824#5770990824] here [/url] in PaoloM's thread over at arstechnica.
I just bashed half of the people at the battlefront!

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! /0.02cents credited to madan's account

You proud of me AYB!?

:cheesy:

OscarWilde

Fri Apr 12 03:06:17 2002

I would edit my post over there to be more consistent in the words I use but i'm not bothered.

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Fri Apr 12 03:33:33 2002

Teeheehee

You are crazy :)

Btw, the issue with x86's lesser precision in FP is based on very dated information. It may be true or it may be untrue, So it may not be relevant anymore. An interesting note that DF brought up is the fact the x86 actually does 80-bit Extended Precision on 64 bit computation. this extension on precision is done internally.

Of course what BadAndy is referning to are trigonomic functions. I have no idea how that is handled in hardware on the x86, it might still be true today but for regular FP ADD, MUL, DIV, SUB, and SQRT it's true to say that this extended precision gives it better accuracy, unless there is some sort of hardware bug.

Anyhoo,

you are just plain silly. :p

OscarWilde

Fri Apr 12 03:47:07 2002

yeah, i think i pointed that the precision had to do with specific cases and had no bearing on the what most of would actually be needing.

OscarWilde

Fri Apr 12 03:48:34 2002

and yes I am crazy indeed!

:biggrin:

PaoloM

Fri Apr 12 04:43:23 2002

from OscarWilde posted at 8:48 pm on April 11, 2002

and yes I am crazy indeed!
:biggrin:

And, indeed, silly.

Magus

Fri Apr 12 06:33:14 2002

But we're all silly here.

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Fri Apr 12 06:51:20 2002

...and lovely.

Riso

Fri Apr 12 08:09:39 2002

Except for me.

AllYorBaseRBelong2Us

Fri Apr 12 08:45:24 2002

This is true ;)

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