On 7/23/20 10:47 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > In R2 a point is an ordered pair. How can (1,1) be decomposed into > other points. > > I am correct, goshdarnit. When I was about 9 I said that word in the > presence of my Southern Baptist grandfather. He said, "Say Goddamit. > It means the same thing and it sounds better."
My grandfather taught me "Gauldarnitt!" at age 5 while teaching me how to lose at checkers. His daughter (my mother) was not impressed. I had no clue what the utterance meant, and it probably took me many years to associate it with the profane analog... but I *did* know it had some kind of arcane power. ... ShuckeyDarn - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
