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Re: DAMN, THAT'S COOL! (Help a fellow geek)

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From: William R. Penrose
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


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Subject: Re: DAMN, THAT'S COOL! (Help a fellow geek)
Date: 1997/01/31
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