Comment on Intel CEO Paul Otellini to Retire in MayparentComments−Aardwolf13y2^(40/1.5) is 106528681, just like I posted...Which calculator are you using? Does it use a Pentium CPU with the famous division bug perhaps? :)−monopede13yI was using the "bc" command line calculator. Turns out it's rounding the exponent. The revised number is correct, though.−Aardwolf13yNote to self: never use the bc command line calculator.
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2^(40/1.5) is 106528681, just like I posted...
Which calculator are you using? Does it use a Pentium CPU with the famous division bug perhaps? :)
I was using the "bc" command line calculator. Turns out it's rounding the exponent. The revised number is correct, though.
Note to self: never use the bc command line calculator.