He's saying you don't really need the whole fence, just a representative portion of it to show it's placement, like you would have in a graph. :P
> ok, i get the punchline (and it's amusing)... > ....but how can the physicist consider a finite piece of > fencing to be > infinite in length? > On 7/7/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A farmer asks an engineer, a physicist, and a >> mathematician to build him >> the largest possible pen out of a fixed amount of >> fencing. >> >> Without giving it a second thought, the engineer builds >> the farmer a >> large, circular pen. >> >> After a moment's consideration, the physicist builds a >> long straight >> piece of fence, and says, "We can consider the length of >> the fence to be >> infinite," pointing out that fencing off half the globe >> would be a more >> efficient solution. >> >> The mathematician laughs gently at both of them, builds a >> tiny pen >> around himself, and says "I declare myself to be on the >> outside." s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163448 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
