Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oddballs

2008-06-07 Thread Ian Kelly
On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/7/08, ihope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> For all X, X is an entity. It's the noun corresponding to the >> predicate T. At least, I think that's what "entity" is being used to >> mean. > > Yes, but the rules talk about "crea

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oddballs

2008-06-07 Thread Taral
On 6/7/08, ihope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For all X, X is an entity. It's the noun corresponding to the > predicate T. At least, I think that's what "entity" is being used to > mean. Yes, but the rules talk about "creating" and "destroying" entities. Those verbs aren't defined for all X. --

DIS: Re: BUS: Oddballs

2008-06-06 Thread Taral
On 6/6/08, ihope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. {0,1} is an oddball. > 2. If {a,c} is an oddball and b is the rational number between a and c > with the lowest denominator, {a,b} and {b,c} are oddballs. > 3. Nothing is an oddball unless the above conditions require it. > 4. Oddballs are asset

DIS: Re: BUS: Oddballs

2008-06-06 Thread Ed Murphy
Ivan Hope wrote: > e asked for it! > > For all integers n from 1 to A(G_64,G_64), I award the oddball {0,1/n} to > ehird. For any non-math-geeks in the audience, http://godplaysdice.blogspot.com/2007/09/xkcd-number.html

DIS: Re: BUS: Oddballs

2008-06-06 Thread Ian Kelly
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 5:34 PM, ihope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obviously, there are infinitely many oddballs, and since they would > otherwise lack an owner, they are all owned by the Lost and Found > Department. The definition given above prohibits oddballs from being > created or destroyed. >