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From: "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot
Subject: fatal precision problem in gnuplot or fatal operator incompetence?
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:25:29 +0200
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Xref: csiph.com comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot:1057

Why does:

   plot [0:1000] sin(x)

seem to be modulated with what appears to be a sine wave?