Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)
At 10:49 PM Friday 9/29/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Infinity - (Infinity -1) = Infinity My brain hurts. Can I have a cookie? Visit any number of web sites and you can have a pop-up, too. -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Shiny
Back on Sept. 06, 2006, William T Goodall wrote: Ooh! New 24 screen iMac with 1920 x 1200 resolution. Rattles piggybank Maru I *was* going to say feh, and provide this link which includes the 30 Apple Cinema HD Display: http://www.apple.com/displays/ But then I realized you said iMac, not Mac. Shiny indeed. Apple is even bragging about increased brightness at http://www.apple.com/imac/ : it's a full 40% brighter than the 20-inch model. Reggie Trying To Catch Up Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: FW RE: Fly The Flag
rob wrote: Earlier today I was informed that I would be working at Chase Tower on Monday and Tuesday. Later it dawned upon me that on 9/11 (Monday) I would be working in the tallest building west of the Mississippi. Tha..rilling! Ah well...I'm a child of the Cold War, I was well schooled in how to put my head between my legs and kiss my ass goodbye. We called it Duck and Cover. It all likelihood 9/11 will pass just like any other day and the only trouble I will find will be for not kissing the boss' ass. (I'm a firm believer that ones own hind end leaves less of a crappy aftertaste and fewer emotional scars) [snippage here] xponent Kissassins Maru rob I did a double-take, and nearly a spit-take, at Kiss-assins. Thanks for brightening my Saturday morning! Reggie Still Trying To Catch Up Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: What plans???
Warren wrote: On Sep 25, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: In one of the Democratic party's regular mass mailings, from Howard Dean today, I read this: You know that Democrats have a real plan for destroying Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda, fixing the mess in Iraq, and really securing us at home. WTF? I don't know that at all. Where is this plan? Anybody seen it? Yes, it's on page 15, right after the Homosexual Agenda. Did you not receive your packet? I *knew* I should have sent in that change of address form... Reggie Nearly Caught Up For Now Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Infinity - (Infinity -1) = Infinity My brain hurts. Can I have a cookie? You can have a cookie. :) And if I'd done my little project of photographing several kinds of cookies, I'd send you a .jpg of one Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Amusing photo
Julia wrote: First photo on http://www.conjecturer.com/weblog/?p=3045 will amuse some folks here. I thought it was very funny. I mean, who names a street Lime Kiln Road? ;-) Reggie Closing In On Caught Up Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)
Charlie Bell wrote: On 30/09/2006, at 1:43 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Nick Arnett wrote: On 9/29/06, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, it's the SAME SIZE as each of the first two. THAT'S the one that took me a week or two to wrap my head around. :) No, they're not the same size. I'm sure of it. I counted them. Well, hey, they are a COUNTABLE number. :) (I heard a bit of a GWB speech where he said something about uncountable numbers of people or something like that, and my first reaction was, Geez, it's a *finite* number, so it's certainly *countable*, sheesh!) Uncountable for him, possibly? One, two, three, four, many, uncountable... Charlie Watership Bush Maru Oh, man, just the other night we were talking about how cool Dandelion was! :) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: What plans???
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 10:45 PM Friday 9/29/2006, Julia Thompson wrote: Dang, mine got cut off halfway through the Homosexual Agenda Sounds painful . . . It tore off around 1PM -- everything looked absolutely reasonable so far Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Shiny
Reggie Bautista wrote: Back on Sept. 06, 2006, William T Goodall wrote: Ooh! New 24 screen iMac with 1920 x 1200 resolution. Rattles piggybank Maru I *was* going to say feh, and provide this link which includes the 30 Apple Cinema HD Display: http://www.apple.com/displays/ But then I realized you said iMac, not Mac. Shiny indeed. Apple is even bragging about increased brightness at http://www.apple.com/imac/ : it's a full 40% brighter than the 20-inch model. That would actually *not* be a selling point with a minority of the population Julia Light Sensitivity Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Amusing photo
Reggie Bautista wrote: Julia wrote: First photo on http://www.conjecturer.com/weblog/?p=3045 will amuse some folks here. I thought it was very funny. I mean, who names a street Lime Kiln Road? ;-) Reggie Closing In On Caught Up Maru Well, the problem with living on the cross-street is that if you can't spell, you get your mail only once every 7 years. :) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11conspiracies)
Nick wrote On 9/29/06, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, it's the SAME SIZE as each of the first two. THAT'S the one that took me a week or two to wrap my head around. :) No, they're not the same size. I'm sure of it. I counted them. Okay, I didn't count ALL of them. But I counted enough to feel good about my answer. And feeling good about answers is what mathematics is all about, isn't it? There's a certain truthiness to that... Reggie No Other Comment Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Amusing photo
Julia wrote Reggie Bautista wrote: Julia wrote: First photo on http://www.conjecturer.com/weblog/?p=3045 will amuse some folks here. I thought it was very funny. I mean, who names a street Lime Kiln Road? ;-) Reggie Closing In On Caught Up Maru Well, the problem with living on the cross-street is that if you can't spell, you get your mail only once every 7 years. :) Now that's funny; I received your reply before I received back a copy of my original! Reggie Let's Do The Time Warp Again Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Someone Must Tell Them
Warren Ockrassa wrote: With the signing into law of Bush's pet tur'rist project, we've given to the Executive branch two things it should never, ever have: The ability to interpret internationally-significant law to suit current fashion; and the ability to define anyone - including American citizens - as an enemy combatant to be held indefinitely, without charges or evidence being presented. Well, look at the bright side - at least Abu Ghraib isn't a scandal anymore. It is now the law... Ritu ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Infinities large and small
William Taylor wrote: Infinity - (Infinity -1) = Infinity No. Infinity - (Infinity - 1) = Undefined To the infinity and beyond Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Infinities large and small
In a message dated 9/30/2006 9:02:31 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: William Taylor wrote: Infinity - (Infinity -1) = Infinity No. Infinity - (Infinity - 1) = Undefined To the infinity and beyond Alberto Monteiro Sorry, I must have been chewing on the square root of negative Juan Valdez. But I still say that an infinite number of monkeys typing on an infinite number of typewriters is going to produce an infinite amount of poop on the floor. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Shiny
At 09:24 AM Saturday 9/30/2006, Julia Thompson wrote: Reggie Bautista wrote: Back on Sept. 06, 2006, William T Goodall wrote: Ooh! New 24 screen iMac with 1920 x 1200 resolution. Rattles piggybank Maru I *was* going to say feh, and provide this link which includes the 30 Apple Cinema HD Display: http://www.apple.com/displays/ But then I realized you said iMac, not Mac. Shiny indeed. Apple is even bragging about increased brightness at http://www.apple.com/imac/ : it's a full 40% brighter than the 20-inch model. That would actually *not* be a selling point with a minority of the population Julia Light Sensitivity Maru Or else the picture being displayed on the 20-inch model is invisible to all but cats and owls . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Someone Must Tell Them
On Sep 30, 2006, at 7:33 AM, Ritu wrote: Well, look at the bright side - at least Abu Ghraib isn't a scandal anymore. It is now the law... Which is of course the point. Bush wants to keep his ass from being impeached under an opposition congress. -- Warren Ockrassa Blog | http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ Books | http://books.nightwares.com/ Web | http://www.nightwares.com/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Shiny
On Sep 30, 2006, at 7:00 AM, Reggie Bautista wrote: it's a full 40% brighter than the 20-inch model. So you're suggesting there's a correlation between waist size and IQ? [Obscurity 'R' Us] -- Warren Ockrassa Blog | http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ Books | http://books.nightwares.com/ Web | http://www.nightwares.com/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Someone Must Tell Them
Warren Ockrassa wrote: Well, look at the bright side - at least Abu Ghraib isn't a scandal anymore. It is now the law... Which is of course the point. Bush wants to keep his ass from being impeached under an opposition congress. I've seen plenty of people, theoretically working for public good, subvert laws and institutions of a country. But this is the first time I've ever seen a near complete subversion of a constitution. Bush Co make the BJP look good, and I never thought I'd ever say that about anybody. Ritu GCU Alien Glad About It ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l