Raul wrote: > I think that was the point. I doubt it -- else why draw the analogy? I think the author of the quote wanted to give a sense of deep time, which would be more applicable to some large but finite span of time. The (presumably desired) sense of awe at the vastness of the time described has nothing to do with infinity at all.
Some googling for the quote supports this hypothesis. The first result for [ "ball of steel" infinity ] gives a page which discusses some abominably large finite number. -Dan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
