Re: Python
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Mar 2026 03:49:59 -0000 (UTC)
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers,comp.lang.python |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 20:13:28 -0700, Peter Flass wrote: > On 3/4/26 15:35, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >> >> On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 14:09:58 -0700, Peter Flass wrote: >> >>> On 3/4/26 13:29, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> >>>> On 2026-03-04 21:01, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote: >>>> . >>>>> A man with one clock knows what time it is. A man with two is >>>>> never quite sure... >>>> >>>> Experimental science would not agree. >>> >>> You would need at least three. >> >> Three would be better than two, but two is already enough to come >> up with an error estimate on the measurement. > > No, because if two don't agree, one could be just plain wrong. The > Space Shuttle system had three processors run the same computation > as a check. You’re conflating taking a measurement with making a command decision.