Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)

2006-10-01 Thread Dave Land
On Sep 29, 2006, at 7:56 PM, 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. Okay,

Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)

2006-09-30 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
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! :) ___

Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)

2006-09-30 Thread Julia Thompson
[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

Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)

2006-09-30 Thread Julia Thompson
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

Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)

2006-09-29 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: On 9/28/06, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't a little infinite a contradiction, like a little bit . . . ? No... some infinities are smaller than others, as is easily demonstrated. There are an infinite number of even numbers and an infinite number of odd

Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)

2006-09-29 Thread Nick Arnett
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

Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)

2006-09-29 Thread Julia Thompson
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

Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)

2006-09-29 Thread Medievalbk
Infinity - (Infinity -1) = Infinity My brain hurts. Can I have a cookie? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)

2006-09-29 Thread Charlie Bell
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.

Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)

2006-09-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:01 PM Thursday 9/28/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: On 9/28/06, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't a little infinite a contradiction, like a little bit . . . ? No... some infinities are smaller than others, as is easily demonstrated. There are an infinite number of even