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|    _Schwann_ to All    |
|    Re: The Time Cannon.....    |
|    06 Jun 05 17:12:36    |
      XPost: alt.books.iain-banks, alt.cyberpunk, alt.drugs.psychedelics       XPost: alt.memetics, alt.religion.kibology, alt.slack       XPost: alt.society.neutopia, alt.surrealism, alt.webtrance       From: ___schwann___@@%webtrance.co.za              That's news to me. I thought infinity meant infinite, which means that       it can be ascribed a symbol, but not a number. I suppose, like most       else, it depends how it was 'meant' and I meant 'infinite, without       number or end...              thanks for the interesting comment....              best,              s                     In article <42a3d172$0$5176$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,       sylvia@not.at.this.address says...       >       >       > _Schwann_ wrote:       >       > > infinity is not a number       >       > This inifinity you're talking about - which infinity is it? There is       > more than one.       >       > For example, there are countable infinities, and uncountable infinities.       >       > Some may argue whether there's really more than one countable infinity,       > since inidividual elements of the infinity can be matched one for one.       >       > So there's a lot more than mere inifinity. That's merely the start.       >       > Sylvia.       >              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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