divide by zero

And you all thought it was impossible. Dr James Anderson, from the University of Reading’s computer science department has discovered a new number he has called ‘nullity’ that allows him to divide by zero. let’s see your computer do that. [via slashdot] Note: Dr. James Anderson seems to have commented on the article here in response to a number of naysayers who call him a hack for inventing a symbol to represent 0/0.