I'm sorry but I can't resist to paste this short conversation between Lord Blackadder and his servant Baldrick. Maybe you know this british blackadder comedy.
>> If you teach: III and IIIIIII "mean" 3 and 7, then you said nothing, >> just named them. > > > That was my point. To talk on notation. I just hope people understand > enough the number so that if I ask them to give me 3 euros, they will > not give me two or four. - Baldrick, if I have 2 beans and then I add 2 more beans, what do I have? - Some beans. - Yes... and no. Let's try again shall we? I have 2 beans, then I add 2 more beans. What does that make? - A very small casserole. - Baldrick, the ape creatures of the Indus have mastered this. Now try again. 1, 2, 3, 4. So how many are there? - 3 - What?! - And that one. - 3.. and that one. So if I add that 1 to the 3 what will I have? - Oh! Some beans. - Yes.. To you Baldrick the renaissance was just something that happened to other people wasn't it? mirek --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-l...@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
