The following reply was made to PR kern/147647; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> To: Martin Simmons <martin@lispworks.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/147647: select wakes after 24 hours even if timeout is longer Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 05:41:39 +1000 (EST) On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Martin Simmons wrote:
Thanks Roger, that's appreciated. "Roger Govier" <roger@technology4nospamu.co.uk> wrote in message news:4C04D7C3.3070004@technology4nospamu.co.uk... Very nice explanation, Steve! -- Regards Roger Govier Steve Dunn wrote: Hi, sorry to butt in, but it should be pointed out that this isn't an Excel quirk, it is the correct result of a modulus operation, which returns
Hi, sorry to butt in, but it should be pointed out that this isn't an Excel quirk, it is the correct result of a modulus operation, which returns the "non-negative common residue" of two numbers (not quite the same as the remainder). Modulus operations can be thought of as circular, with the clock being the most common example: Mod(1-2,12) would give the answer 11 which is what you would
"Jim.Jones" <Jim.Jones@aol.wb.tmc.com> wrote in message news:b3apu5tnvc9vq81u2cp9g2j4co6cv9mars@4ax.com... On Thu, 13 May 2010 15:10:23 -0400, "Christopher M." <no-spamcm_anon76@hotmail.com> wrote: "David Milligan" <daviderl31@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hshi2m$50m$1@news.eternal-september.org... "MG" <()> wrote in message news:a4GdnR1FfbZb8HbWnZ2dnUVZ_qOdnZ2d@thebiz
