Name: Anonymous 2009-06-26 17:23
I coded a calculator that does floating point math. The exponent field of this calculator's floating point representation can handle values between 99999 and -99999. What sort of problems can /sci/ propose that would cause an overflow of this field? Are there any problems in real world physics that would exceed these orders of magnitude? I mean, wouldn't the gravitational force of attraction between two protons separated by the diameter of the Milky Way fit into this range?