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Removal of fractions and decimals from school curriculum

Removal of fractions and decimals from school curriculum

Removal of fractions and decimals from school curriculum

(OP)
I was quietly surfing the net on my lunch break (www.snopes.com) and came across this story of a urban legend.

I found it quite amusing, but not something that bodes well for future generations of technical professionals.

http://www.snopes.com/lost/fraction.htm

This was back in 1999.  Is this still in force?

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pimp

"The world keeps turning, it keeps me in my place; where I stand is only three miles from space"
Spiritualized

RE: Removal of fractions and decimals from school curriculum

"You've just had an enounter with False Authority Syndrome."
That is the message you get when you click on "More information about this page".
Had me going for a minute...

RE: Removal of fractions and decimals from school curriculum

Heck, I've been using zeros and ones for years, don't really need anything else.

RE: Removal of fractions and decimals from school curriculum

Dave, I'm even more efficient. I just one 1 and one 0, and receycle them.

Cheers

Greg Locock

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RE: Removal of fractions and decimals from school curriculum

There are 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary, and those who don't.

corus

RE: Removal of fractions and decimals from school curriculum

Bravo, corus!

hahahahahaha!

RE: Removal of fractions and decimals from school curriculum

that phrase used to be available on a t-shirt from thinkgeek.com (if you're interested)

RE: Removal of fractions and decimals from school curriculum

yeah, I love this T-shirt smile

Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer Consultant
France

RE: Removal of fractions and decimals from school curriculum

(OP)
Doh!!!

RE: Removal of fractions and decimals from school curriculum

Ya! I love it "two"...

Best regards
pennpoint

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