On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 11:58:03AM -0500, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 at 11:51am, Jon LaBadie wrote
> 
> > I also go into the source and change the columns with single decimal digits
> > to having zero decimal digits and no decimal point.  Do I really care if
> > the tape rate was 975.8 KB/sec as compared to 976?  Or that u07's /var FS
> > compressed to 43.2 percent of its original size vs 43%?
> 
> YES!  For $DEITY's sake, man, don't carelessly toss away 
> precious significant digits!
> 
> Ahem.  This aside has been brought to you by my type A, engineering past.


The $NETHERDEITY you say!  The digits are not tossed, just not reported.
They are recoverable by dividing two other columns.  ;)

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