On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Ralph | byte | wrote:
> A positive nothing is better than a negative anything.
>
> byte
Not really, it just depends what the numbers represent, i can think of
several uses for ground wires :)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 7:46 PM
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
>
>
> > 0 is in fact an imaginary number. Try and imagine having zero of
> something.
> > 0 x 1 implies there
> > are some ones, but there are none of them. Having a zero quantity of
> > something is in its self contradiction. You can't have nothing of
> something.
> >
> > Or have i just drank too much coffee today...
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Peter Heckert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 20 November 1999 21:46
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Totally useless fact (OS)
> > >
> > >
> > > PadLocke wrote:
> > > >
> > > > zeros aren't odd or even. They're Pretty much just place holders.
> > >
> > > If you define even as: "can be divided by 2 without remainder" then
> > > 0 is even.
> > > 0 div 2 = 0, remainder = 0.
> > >
> > > Pretty long thread!
> > >
> > > ;-)
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> >
>
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