William Benson
vbacreations at gmail.com
Thu Dec 22 11:13:33 CST 2011
I am sure that they are losing so much money that most of their thinking investors and auditors have abandoned and the fools who remain don't know the difference between a balance sheet that adds up and one that doesn't. On Dec 22, 2011 12:03 PM, "Mark Simms" <marksimms at verizon.net> wrote: > Instead of using the number format to properly display the numbers, > the original developer would use the Format function to round a large > series > of individual values, > and then total-up the rounded results instead of the original values. > As you are aware, precision is likely lost in doing it this way. > Ex: .55+.55=1.1 > His method would be to first "round-up" the .55 to .6: > Ex: .6+.6=1.2 > In this case, the total is now "off" by almost 10% ! > > And...this is a vital model that helps to run the company's main processing > unit. > > Wowzer indeed. > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >