That would be a situation where you literally couldn't see the forest for the trees.

On 12/27/2010 2:36 AM, John Francis wrote:
Personally, I'd like to ponder how a forest of null trees would
look in any real way different from just a single null tree.

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 10:25:51AM +0200, Boris Liberman wrote:
Oh, John, obviously there is a proper explanation of the name,
either the one you gave or some historical one. But remember, I am
essentially Dilbert, so whenever I see "null" I think of null
pointer, not lack of trees.

Boris



On 12/27/2010 10:19 AM, John Francis wrote:
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 08:52:23AM +0200, Boris Liberman wrote:
What an odd name for the location - _null_arbor... My immediate
reaction - it is a forest of null (binary?!) trees or something...
/very curious and somewhat mischievous grin/.

Boris
15 seconds spent with Google of Wikipedia would have explained it nicely.

> From the wikipedia entry on Nullarbor:

  The word Nullarbor is derived from the Latin nullus, "no", and arbor, "tree",



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