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Article #8587Re: approaching "C"
From: Scott Henry
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1989 18:15
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1989 18:15
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> Well, there are several meanings of "impossible"... at least three.
> ...
> So, to answer the question posed, *I* say they are not similar.
> FTL and FTS are not really remotely in the same class of "difficulty".
> ...
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> Wayne Throop <the-known-world>!mcnc!rti!xyzzy!throopw
I am reminded that many people do not understand the distinction between
"natural" law and "man-made" law (a very unfortunate overloading of
terminology! I wonder if this problem exists in non-english speaking
societies?). It is similar to the (lack of) distinction between your types
2 and 3 impossibles.
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Scott Henry <scotth@sgi.com>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!sgi!scotth@harlie.SGI.COM From: scotth@harlie.SGI.COM (Scott Henry) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: approaching "C" Message-ID: <26507@sgi.SGI.COM> Date: 9 Feb 89 18:15:44 GMT References: <3316@xyzzy.UUCP> Sender: daemon@sgi.SGI.COM Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 18