On 03/03/10 20:29, Jonathan wrote: > Please have a look at my query posted at the following 3 forums. > It has not received any explanations yet. > On the one hand it appears not to be a problem but on the other hand > could be a spectacular bug. > > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=49627 > > http://www.linux.com/community/forums?func=view&catid=17&id=4589 > > http://www.linuxformat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11688 This does not surprise me at all. These are just powers of 2. I don't know why you find it surprising. If you could explain why you find it surprising, perhaps we could help. Do you understand floating-point arithmetic? Andrew.