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To: tcrlaf

If every point is 32 to 1, a 7.0 to a 8.8 is 512 times stronger, not 64. CNN is doing funny math.


361 posted on 02/27/2010 12:52:56 AM PST by DB
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To: DB

It’s an exponential scale, so I think every point is a factor of ten. Thats ten times


371 posted on 02/27/2010 12:54:56 AM PST by JoSixChip (HOPE = Have Obumber Prove Eligibility)
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To: DB
If every point is 32 to 1, a 7.0 to a 8.8 is 512 times stronger, not 64. CNN is doing funny math.

If their political sense is so defective, what could we expect about something in the real world?
870 posted on 02/27/2010 6:04:55 AM PST by aruanan
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