# .999 = 2?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-2/72302>\
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**Created:** [July 13, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-2/72302 "2001-07-13T01:43:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-2/72302/1 "2001-07-13T01:43:43Z")

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**I AM NOT STARTING THE DEBATE OVER AGAIN!!!**

Sorry for shouting. Ahem…

Nowthen:

I remember reading at least two wonderful GD Threads about the issue of whether or not .999(repeating) was the same number as 1. I was sharing the issue with an actuary I know and I want to show him the thread online.

But, I can’t seem to find it.

[sub][GRUMBLE]  
Ever since **Tuba** and **Jerry** decided to muck up the search engine just because it was breaking the whole board down…  
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Anyway, I can’t find it. Can someone please help me?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-2/72302/2 "2001-07-13T01:57:29Z")

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Perhaps an email to the GD moderators would have been more useful . . . in any event, I’ll notify them they have someone desperately seeking here.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-2/72302/3 "2001-07-13T04:08:01Z")

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Weren’t those GQ threads? They started off that way, at least…

I suspect that the problem isn’t the recent search engine changes, but the inherent limitations of the engine. Does anyone know if numbers are searchable?

Wait, never mind… [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32760)’s the most recent one, and from links in that thread, here’s [two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15832) [others](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15863).

That was searching GQ, up to one year ago, 999 in topic, and **DrMatrix** as a poster, 'cause I knew he weighed in on one of those threads.

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**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/999-2/72302/4 "2001-07-13T06:12:43Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Chronos \*  
> \*\*Wait, never mind… [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=32760)’s the most recent one, and from links in that thread, here’s [two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15832) [others](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=15863).
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> That was searching GQ, up to one year ago, 999 in topic, and **DrMatrix** as a poster, 'cause I knew he weighed in on one of those threads. \*\*

Thanks, **Chronos**. I searched “.99” ; maybe the period confused the Engine.

Anyhoo, thanks a bunch.