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Old 10-22-2004, 11:25 AM   #29
Mithalwen
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Originally Posted by The Barrow-Wight
There were no ties. The numbers you see are indeed rounded numbers, because the actual results of the formula resulted in a lot of numbers behind the decimal point. Once you get behind the top twenty, the differences between places become less and less, so that they are finally only a thousandth or a tenthousandth apart. For example, The difference between 40th place and 41st was only .0006.
Oh well as a bean-counter, I don't generally venture further than 2 decimal places myself... and I think there is a circle of hell reserved for people who calculate vat to more and cause rounding differences grrrrrrr...

Still think Fordim needs more outlets for his competitive streak though. But not duelling...
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