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[mystmarimatt]

Tennyson's poem "The Vision of Sin" contains this couplet:

Every moment dies a man,
Every moment one is born.

When he published it in 1842, Charles Babbage sent him a note:

I need hardly point out to you that this calculation would tend to keep the sum total of the world's population in a state of perpetual equipoise, whereas it is a well-known

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[snarky_24]

I do in fact adore you, Mr. Hall.

Thanks for brightening my night, mate.

[ksher]

Brilliant!

[yesihaveanlj]

it should have been 1.167.