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Triumph 06-14-2008 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Icy (Post 164845)
It goes up an exponential hill very early on until just before the seventies, where it becomes linear. This is so apparent on a graph. They picked quite a big growth constant, so I guess that's why they flattened it using a linear scale instead :zip: My initial thought was that they didn't plan on levels beyond 69, therefore they didn't foresee the absolutely huge increases that will follow in the level 80s. I wonder.

Logarithmic??! Lol I don't think so!

Looks the same, just starting point is different. Very different.

It's late at night, so I mistyped for one rare instance. Go figure.

Icy 06-14-2008 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triumph (Post 164861)
Looks the same, just starting point is different. Very different.

It's late at night, so I mistyped for one rare instance. Go figure.

http://www.intmath.com/Exponential-l...ns/10xlogx.gif
Those are exponential and logarithmic curves side by side. Not a bit 'the same'. Not just the starting point.


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