Omar, The statement is valid, the object found is always in the last placed you looked, because the search ends with the object, further searching makes no sense. The statement "it was in the last place I looked" an overstatement of the obvious. Just a statement that is odd, not inaccurate like "fact is stranger than fiction", which is only true if you have no imagination.
Wouldn't a set of possible locations for a lost item always be infinite until the item is found? How many possible locations would render an item lost? Micah Actually, 'it was in the last place I looked' can be a perfectly valid statement when the possible locations for an object form a finite and closed set. For example - if you're searching for something in a set of 5 drawers, then if you search 4 drawers and find it in the 'last' one, then yes, it was indeed in the 'last place'. It's only nonsensical when the set of possible locations is either infinite or open (in the sense that if you don't find it in the drawers you might assume it might be, for example, in the fridge...)... :) On 6/13/07, Micah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, only an idiot would argue with my statement. That line "fact is > stranger > than fiction" is one of my pet peeves, and is listed in the manual as one > of > the idiotic statements I am required to correct. > > Another example is "it was in the last place I looked" as if anyone > continues looking after finding a lost item. Check the manual. > > Micah > > > > > [Krimel] > Did you really just try to pick a fight with Dave's refrigerator magnet? > > > > Fact is stranger than fiction...if you have no imagination. > Micah > > > > dmb says: > "the difference between fact and fiction is that it is required that > fiction > has to be plausible." > > > > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
