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Congratulations!  You are the 1 millionth user to find this same floating point "bug" in MATLAB.  See the link below.

http://matlabwiki.mathworks.com/MATLAB_FAQ#Why_is_0.3-0.2-0.1_not_equal_to_zero_.28or_similar.29.3F