On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 04:29:41PM -0500, Michael Barr wrote: > lies because the truth is too complicated. Here's one: it is assumed that > you can add and multiply infinite decimals and the truth is that you can, I'm not sure adding and multiplying infinite decimals really comes up in my life, and I'm in math and science. > 5/9 = 10/9 = 1.111111111...., in which case I will give you a number in > which 5s and 6s appear at random). Most of the lies would be too You're going to give me an infinite number with random 5s and 6s? Where are you going to find the find the infinite paper to write it down on? We can't talk about adding the numbers if we can't even specify them. -xx- Damien X-)