How Many Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong?

\bulletExcel 2007 outwitted by 5-digit number (hat-tip: Jorn).
\bulletThe “infamous trick of adding in zero”, illustrated. Ah-ha. Now I get it.


  1. Hi, just thought that I would say thanks for pointing the ‘a’ conditon here. (I can’t publish the comment yet, and will edit the post as soon as possible).

  2. the excel story done right, by mark cc.

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