In message , Kurt Hamster
writes
On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 10:24:40 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton used
to say...

On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 10:10:45 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 07:04:24 GMT, Stewart Pinkerton used
to say...

On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 01:27:24 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

Don't forget that the difference between 0 and 1 is greater than the
difference between 1 and 1,000,000.

Wrong again.

Is it?

Yes.

You're wrong then. Simple as that.

No, Stewart's quite right. 'Difference' is a precise mathematical
statement. The difference between 0 and 1 is 1.

Now if you had said 'ratio', that would have been a very different
thing.
--
Chris Morriss