The decimal 0.95 can be represented in base 10 as:

9/10 + 5/100
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How would you represent that in binary?

1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + 0/32 + 0/64 + 1/128 + 1/256 +
0/512 + 0/1024 + 1/2048 + 1/4096 ...
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No matter how far you take that series it will *never* be exactly 0.95. The binary representation of 0.95 takes an infinite number of bits.

0.95₍₁₀₎ ≈ 0.1111 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011 0011₍₂₎

But those last four bits repeat forever. Its exactly like writing 1/3 in base 10:

1/3 ≈ 0.33333333333333333333333333333333₍₁₀₎

-Blake