I think the more interesting question is why people would ever think that 1 is not equal to 0.999...?
I mean, what do they expect to find in between?
(Disclaimer: I am one of them Math "teachers", I suppose)

Have you got a 27B/6 for that?

I was given a homeopathic quantity of a placebo. Unfortunately I don't believe in homeopathy.

Mice already know how to interface with computers, having built the greatest computer in all space and time. The mice are running this quake experiment just so that they have a bit of fun "decommissioning" the hardware later.

Oh, it's not a problem with your computer, it's a problem with the OS you're using. Do you want me to fix that?

You are all wrong: in all these fatal scenarios, the common element is the room. Those do-gooders in Copenhagen should be negotiating an agreement on room reduction.

So you are criticising my preparation for the afterlife? Other people memorise wodges of religious texts, I choose to memorise digits of pi ...

Agreed, but the rental / property management side of RE is the *honest* part of the industry. RE sales is where the real sharks are. So-called "agents" who screw over their clients are far more common than those who actually represent their clients.

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Yes, but that was three days ago. So the time intervals in the new poll each starts 3 days later and finishes 3 days later.

For those having trouble understanding these esoteric concepts of automobiles and traffic lights, consider the following simple analogy with software licenses:
It's as though MAFIAA got Micro$oft to force us to sign a click-through EULA with DRM-encumbered one-click vendor lock-in just to traffic-shape our proprietary torrents, despite any FUDdite knowing prior art exists.

Firefox freezes like this if it is trying to load the details of too previously downloaded files to display in the "downloads" list window. Clear that window (Ctrl-J or Cmd-J to get window, hit "clear list") and problem usually goes. OTOH it could be something else.