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<blockquote><i>PS: This reminds of division in high school days ;)</i></blockquote>
<p>I guess that's where the "cancelling out" phrase comes from :)
<P>Maybe the confusion comes from the fact that most people younger than me never learned to cancel out their equations because they all used calculators from an early age.
<p>They probably don't know what "casting out the nines" is either.
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<div>Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.</div>
<div>Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?</div>
<div>"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". </div>
<div>The "good enough" maybe good enough for the now, and perfection maybe unobtainable, but that should not preclude us from striving for perfection, when time, circumstance or desire allow.</div>
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