ok, i get the punchline (and it's amusing)... ....but how can the physicist consider a finite piece of fencing to be infinite in length?
On 7/7/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A farmer asks an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician to build him > the largest possible pen out of a fixed amount of fencing. > > Without giving it a second thought, the engineer builds the farmer a > large, circular pen. > > After a moment's consideration, the physicist builds a long straight > piece of fence, and says, "We can consider the length of the fence to be > infinite," pointing out that fencing off half the globe would be a more > efficient solution. > > The mathematician laughs gently at both of them, builds a tiny pen > around himself, and says "I declare myself to be on the outside." > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163428 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
