On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 04:03 PM, EggyToast wrote:
quoted 4 lines I'm sure physicists and mathematicians would give you the nobel prize>
> I'm sure physicists and mathematicians would give you the nobel prize
> for math and physics for a few years straight if you could figure out
> a way to get rid of infinity :)
trolling time!
prove infinity. disprove the existence of god.
now, disprove infinity, and prove the existence of god.
i dont want a nobel prize, just some toblerone.
quoted 10 lines I'm not saying *I* could do it, nor that it's easy to set up to solve> I'm not saying *I* could do it, nor that it's easy to set up to solve
> specific problems. Just that it's easy to write something that could
> go on forever without repeating. I mean, you could do it as easy as
> "here's a 16 note sequence played on every quarter note. After you've
> played the 16th note, start over at the 2nd note. That is the new
> first note. The new 16th note is determined by the current second
> divided by 5" (5 because 60/5=12, 12 note scale etc.). So even
> slight repetition with random elements added would create an entirely
> new sequence that could conceivably be played "until the end of time"
> :D
this brings melody into question though, which i think is a base of the
argument.
arguing semantics sucks, but it sure does pass the time.
heh, i think im done with this thread, unless someone decides to
respond to the god vs infinity thing, and i sure hope those people dont
read this far down.
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