Stephen wrote:



> straightedge, a compass and Pov-Ray.

Heh.  Inscribing, not 'has same area' ^_^;

Just had an interesting, if pointless, discussion on a p2p program
about math...to the effect of:
me - math, being an abstract concept, is infintely exact
other person - wrong, math is an approximation, based on reality;
   they got the formula for a circle by observing circles in the
   wild untamed jungles
me - er...sure whatever...

(the whole thing started out because someone else mentioned
quantum mechanics, which I pointed out we had string theory
now, to which the other person launched into how quantum
theory was wrong because it didn's account for everything,
and relativity was wrong, etc...I tried to argue that they're
not wrong just because they don't account for everything;
for some things they work just fine...for other things they
are even overkill...)

oh well.

-- 
Tim Cook
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-empyrean

-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GFA dpu- s: a?-- C++(++++) U P? L E--- W++(+++)>$
N++ o? K- w(+) O? M-(--) V? PS+(+++) PE(--) Y(--)
PGP-(--) t* 5++>+++++ X+ R* tv+ b++(+++) DI
D++(---) G(++) e*>++ h+ !r--- !y--
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

Post a reply to this message