[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: MPlayer-dev-eng Digest, Vol 39, Issue 35

[Rich Felker]

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 12:03:57AM -0800, Trent Piepho wrote:
> > > or how many siginificant digits you used to approximate the decimal value of
> > > 30000/1001 into an email message with
> >
> > The answer is: none, always use a fraction.
> 
> Oh really?  From an message in mplayer-users on 2004-09-02:
> 
> 	combination of filters I use (granted, I probably haven't tried all of
> 	them), I can't get good results.  Original material is 720x480, aspect
> 	4:3, 29.97 fps.  Here's what I get:
> 
> Look familiar?  It should, because it was written by one Dominik 'Rathann'
> Mierzejewski.  Why is it Rich didn't flame you for this offense when he
> replied?  He flamed me for using 29.976 in the same context, I even used one
> more significant digit.  So quick to attack at the slightest opportunity, but
> maybe you're not so perfect yourself.

OK, I'm going to flame you again right now for being a tard. You're
not using one more significant digit, but rather one more INCORRECT
digit! 30000/1001 is 29.97002997002997.... There is no 6 in there.

Rich