Only if you're adding angles on Riemann surfaces, and if you know how to do that, you can do your arithmetic any way you want to. I will not stand in the way of a good, sturdy, upright, Reimannian, be he globe-encircling or back in the saddle again (or Romanian, or, heck, Romulan for that matter).
Gary Smith wrote: > Jon's using the Pavlovian answer. Anyone could come up with 9 times 6 > whenever the bell rings. I suppose there was mouth foaming issues > involved in it, too. So in other words, it wasn't the perfect question. > You can't have a perfect question if there is any mouth foaming involved. > Also, what if the person isn't using Euclidean mathematics? Then 9 times > 6 may NOT equal 42. > > K'aya K'ama, > Gerald/gary Smith gszion1 @juno.com http://www > .geocities.com/rameumptom/index.html > "No one is as hopelessly enslaved as the person who thinks he's free." - > Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > > Marc: > > Are you sure? > > Jon Spencer wrote: > > > The question is: "What is 9 times 6?" > > > > Jon > > > > Gary Smith wrote: > > > > > Aaaaahhhhhh, that's true. But what is the question???? > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > Only $9.95 per month! > Visit www.juno.com > > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland “Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on” – Winston Churchill Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
