On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 06:17:50PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Lionel Elie Mamane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.08.21.1751 +0100]:
>> Let ε be an infinitesimal, that is a strictly positive number >> (that is ε > 0) smaller than any strictly positive real number >> (that is ∀ n ∈ ℕ, n>0 implies ε < 1/n ). > [snip] > I just heard a knock on the door and before I could say "enter", > a family of cows walked in, positioned themselves as for a family > photo, then had their latest offspring recite a speech while the > other two children strumming a tune on their udders: This day may be historic. That kind of event has led to the founding of new religions in the past. I think you will abstain, but who knows what people will do of it long after your death? > ________________________________________ > / the reason that every major university \ > | maintains a department of mathematics | > | is that it's cheaper than | > \ institutionalizing all those people. / > ---------------------------------------- > \ ^__^ > \ (oo)\_______ > (__)\ )\/\ > ||----w | > || || Well, keeping people busy in a science department at an university is a form of institutionalisation, isn't it? -- Lionel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
