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Re: AM electromagnetic waves: astronomically-high modulation frequency
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| Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> There are about 10^80 particles in the universe. Do with them as you
> please but do save the zeros for those that need them.
an a-null-ment is in order.
mike
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| Larry Finger 2007-06-28, 3:33 pm |
| Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> m II <c@in.the.hat> hath wroth:
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> Divorcing oneself from reality is probably easier and cheaper than
> getting the church involved in an annulment.
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> The problem here is that most people don't understand the difference
> between a zero and a null. Zeros are easy as they are place holders
> for orders of magnitude increases in quantities. Nulls are what's
> left when we run out of zeros. Think of nulls as place holders for
> the missing zeros.
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> The uncontrolled substitution of nulls for missing zeros has the
> potential for destroying civilization as we know it. For example, a
> check written for a million dollars would normally be inscribed:
> $1,000,000.00
> When all the zero have been consumed and replaced by nulls, it would
> look like this:
> $1, , .
> which leaves much to the imagination. Perhaps we should add zeros to
> the endangered "specie" list?
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Doesn't the space collapse so that we end up with $1...?
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| Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> Such things are fairly important. For example, did you ever notice
> that Roman Numerals do not have a zero or a null? There was a half
> hearted attempt at inventing zero or null (nulla), but fortunately
> that failed for many centuries. Rome survived much decadence and some
> really weird Emperors without much difficulty.
There's the troubling rumour that Zero fiddled while Rome burned. It's
simply not rue.
mike
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| m II wrote:
> There's the troubling rumour that Zero fiddled while Rome burned. It's
> simply not rue.
Correct...the fiddle wasn't invented for another thousand years.
[quote Wiki]
It was said by Suetonius and Cassius Dio that Nero sang the "Sack of Ilium"
in stage costume while the city burned. However, Tacitus' account has Nero
in Antium at the time of the fire. Tacitus said that Nero playing his lyre
and singing while the city burned was only rumor. Popular legend remembers
Nero fiddling-- that is, playing the fiddle-- while Rome burned, but this
is an anachronism as the instrument had not yet been invented, and would
not be for over 1,000 years.
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