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Article #1304Re: DAMN, THAT'S COOL! (Help a fellow geek)
From: William R. Penrose
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 00:00
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In article <5cqqbc$d6b@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca> ntagg@uoguelph.ca (Nathaniel Tagg) writes: > Sure it would. 'Infinitely thin paint' can cover an infinite >surface area. Whenever you run out, just scrape what you've painted so >it's half as thin, thus doubling your supply. No. Then you run into zeno's paradox, because you have to keep on scraping and painting forever. Like owning a house. >-- >Nathaniel Tagg Physics grad student University of Guelph > "The chances of a neutrino actually hitting something as it >travels through all this howling emptiness are roughly comparable to that >of dropping a ball bearing at random from a cruising 747 and hitting, >say, an egg sandwich." -- Douglas Adams, _Mostly_Harmless_ Actually, it's easy with a little practice. The hard parts are getting the attendants to open the door, and making sure no one eats the sandwich while you're driving to the airport and getting on the plane. Bill ******************************************************** Bill Penrose, President, Custom Sensor Solutions, Inc. 526 West Franklin Avenue, Naperville, IL 60540 630-548-3548, fax: 630-369-9618 email wpenrose@interaccess.com ******************************************************** Applications of gas sensors: Contract R&D, product development, and consultation. ********************************************************
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4886,b17588395f17b4cc X-Google-Attributes: gidf4886,public X-Google-Thread: 109d8a,b17588395f17b4cc X-Google-Attributes: gid109d8a,public X-Google-Thread: 102cdf,b17588395f17b4cc X-Google-Attributes: gid102cdf,public X-Google-Thread: 1119a6,b17588395f17b4cc X-Google-Attributes: gid1119a6,public X-Google-Thread: 10b271,b17588395f17b4cc X-Google-Attributes: gid10b271,public From: wpenrose@interaccess.com (William R. Penrose) Subject: Re: DAMN, THAT'S COOL! (Help a fellow geek) Date: 1997/01/31 Message-ID: <wpenrose.366.00153836@interaccess.com> X-Deja-AN: 213526520 references: <5cmpbo$nds@agate.berkeley.edu> <01bc0db2$216f18c0$b8ad11cf@lucasea-home> <wpenrose.354.00550F9D@interaccess.com> <5cqqbc$d6b@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca> organization: InterAccess,Chicagoland's Full Service Internet Provider newsgroups: alt.folklore.science,sci.math,sci.physics,bionet.general,sci.chem