9th November 2010, 10:19 AM
Well, that's not too surprising considering that ABF pointed out those perfectly round numbers across the board.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)