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Some posters tend to drop the signature after a first post in a given string as a [perhaps inadequate] courtesy. But a signature line could appear quite natural in certain cases, e.g., for a Canadian: ,eh? 
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42% of all statistics are made up on the spot
And people are 72% more likely to believe an assertion if it is accompanied by a statistic and 87.634% more likely to believe it if the statistic has more than two significant figures to the right of the decimal point.
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>more than two significant figures
What's an insignificant figure?
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>more than two significant figures
What's an insignificant figure?
Oh, like trailing zeroes. 8.17500000 has only three signigicant figures to the right of the decimal point.
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is there a limit to the significant figures in, e.g., 0.3333333333333333333333...?
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>more than two significant figures
What's an insignificant figure?
Twiggy.
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is there a limit to the significant figures in, e.g., 0.3333333333333333333333...?
Not the way you wrote it. Leave off the ... and it's limited to how many 3s you can write before kicking the bit bucket.
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>more than two significant figures
What's an insignificant figure?
Twiggy.
slight, perhaps. insignificant? hardly.
formerly known as etaoin...
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It must be like having a conversation with someone who finishes every sentence by saying "...but you must know that we are all in agreement, whatever we say." He he. I totally agree. Bye-bye signature.
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