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|    Chris to Marian    |
|    Re: Apple trolls like Alan Baker are so     |
|    19 Dec 25 04:59:08    |
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Marian wrote:   
   > Chris wrote:   
   >> If you understood the code you'd know that the WPS DB returns the lat/lon   
   >> as a 64bit integer and the python script converts into a float with a   
   >> simple multiplication of 1e-8. Anything beyond the 8th dp is noise.   
   >>   
   >> So what you claim as being exactly what is in the Apple WPS db is factually   
   >> incorrect. Yet again.   
   >   
   >   
   > I agree with anyone who states a logically sensible viewpoint, no matter   
   > who they are, & I disagree with those who don't, no matter who they are.   
   >   
   > Here is some output from my bssid.bat script which I've provided to you.   
   >   
   > BSSID: 6a:b2:03:2f:1b:60   
   > Latitude: 32.45987701   
   > Longitude: -93.81723022   
   >   
   > BSSID: 6e:b2:03:2f:1b:60   
   > Latitude: 32.459846490000004   
   > Longitude: -93.81730651000001   
   >   
   > BSSID: 84:eb:3e:f8:36:d3   
   > Latitude: 32.45880508   
   > Longitude: -93.81717681   
   >   
   > BSSID: 84:eb:3e:fa:b2:63   
   > Latitude: 32.4595375   
   > Longitude: -93.81742858   
   >   
   > BSSID: 84:eb:3f:08:e0:72   
   > Latitude: 32.45973968   
   > Longitude: -93.81745147000001   
   >   
   > BSSID: 8c:76:3f:f8:5d:cd   
   > Latitude: 32.45948791   
   > Longitude: -93.81759643000001   
   >   
   > BSSID: 8c:85:80:d1:be:37   
   > Latitude: 32.45985031   
   > Longitude: -93.81759643000001   
   >   
   > Why do you think the decimal places are what they are, Chris?   
      
   It's literally explained to you above. Floating point values are always an   
   approximation when interpreted in code.   
   https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python/floating-point-error-in-python/   
      
   Any novice programmer knows this.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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