Nothing

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 15 Jun 2011 10:59 am

NO ! NO !! NO !!! It is NOTHING like that...it is Forum related and now 4,961 !!!!

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 16 Jun 2011 3:56 am

NOTHING much of a clue but it is 4,646 this morning.

Jason Stillwell · Post by **Jason Stillwell** » 17 Jun 2011 10:01 am

Up to now I had contributed nothing to this thread.

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 17 Jun 2011 5:26 pm

Think NOTHING of it, Jason !! No one else has either !!

As of this evening it has now fallen to 3,965 and eventually it too will become NOTHING if it hasn't already !!

Post by **b0b** » 17 Jun 2011 6:28 pm

What does it all mean?

Hugh Holstein · Post by **Hugh Holstein** » 17 Jun 2011 10:53 pm

The Dire Straits said you should get your "Money for noth'in and your chicks for free"

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 19 Jun 2011 6:12 am

3422 this fine Sunday morning !!

Did Paul Franklin play for NOTHING when he was with Dire Straits ??

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 21 Jun 2011 5:11 pm

...and for the longest day of the year we now have 2,533 and still of little or no Consequences. That is the Truth of NOTHING !!

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 22 Jun 2011 9:53 am

Alan Brookes wrote:
Archie Nicol wrote:This thread celebrates it's third birthday on the 21st....

Lest that pass unnoticed.
All together now...
http://www.7161.com/css_track.cfm?track ... k_id=18175
Recorded by the famous Alan Brookes Septet, which consists of seven Alan Brookes vocals plus Framus lap steel.
Be thankful I wasn't using my 24-track recorder... then you would have had 23 Alan Brookes vocals.

(Don't bother to thank me: it was nothing.)

Well, you guys all missed it. Yesterday was the fourth anniversary of this Nothing thread. So, all together now, let's replay our theme song...

http://www.7161.com/css_track.cfm?track ... k_id=18175

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 22 Jun 2011 12:41 pm

I didn't miss it, Alan !! I've been posting the tally between the three top runners for several monthes now and NOTHING started 21 Jul 07. And it's also now 2.200 away from the high point of NOTHING...whatever that entails !!

Rick Collins · Post by **Rick Collins** » 22 Jun 2011 1:28 pm

Paul Graupp wrote:I didn't miss it, Alan !! I've been posting the tally between the three top runners for several monthes now and NOTHING started 21 Jul 07. And it's also now 2.200 away from the high point of NOTHING...whatever that entails !!

I asked my dog his opinion on this matter and he said NOTHING.

admin · Post by **b0b** » 22 Jun 2011 2:50 pm

Here's my contribution:

http://b0b.com/nothing

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 22 Jun 2011 5:00 pm

b0b wrote:Here's my contribution:
http://b0b.com/nothing

...which generates this...

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 22 Jun 2011 5:01 pm

Rick Collins wrote:...I asked my dog his opinion on this matter and he said NOTHING.

Yes, but did he growl at the Happy Birthday recording or join in ?

admin · Post by **b0b** » 22 Jun 2011 9:51 pm

b0b wrote:Here's my contribution:
http://b0b.com/nothing

Alan Brookes wrote:...which generates this...

You are correct, sir.

Don Kona Woods · Post by **Don Kona Woods** » 22 Jun 2011 11:06 pm

Alan says,

Lest that pass unnoticed.
All together now...
http://www.7161.com/css_track.cfm?track ... k_id=18175

Recorded by the famous Alan Brookes Septet, which consists of seven Alan Brookes vocals plus Framus lap steel.
Be thankful I wasn't using my 24-track recorder... then you would have had 23 Alan Brookes vocals.

Alan,

Your recording of Happy Nothing gave me such a calm feeling rather than happy feeling.

I feel the song shoud be retitled to The Calm of Nothing.

Rick Collins · Post by **Rick Collins** » 23 Jun 2011 8:01 am

Don Kona Woods wrote:
Alan,

Your recording of Happy Nothing gave me such a calm feeling rather than happy feeling.

I feel the song shoud be retitled to The Calm of Nothing.

Don't fall for it, Don. Are you sure "Calm" is the correct interpretation of this little jingle?
...more like a scary Dr. Frankenstein to me.
How about "Monster NOTHING"?

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 23 Jun 2011 1:26 pm

1,773 and still NOTHING to mention...

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 23 Jun 2011 1:31 pm

I asked Rick if that dog would bite me and he said NO!!

When I tried to pet him, it bit the heck outta me !!

Thought you said your dog didn't bite...

THAT AIN'T MY DOG !!

Archie Nicol · Post by **Archie Nicol** » 23 Jun 2011 3:32 pm

I like kittens.

Arch.

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 23 Jun 2011 4:08 pm

Must be getting finnicky in my old age but I no longer have anything else living with me. I did see a roach but it died...

NOTHING TIMES NOTHING IS WHAT...??

Rick Collins · Post by **Rick Collins** » 23 Jun 2011 9:33 pm

Trying to demyistify NOTHING is very difficult.
I can define it, but I cannot picture it in my "mind's eye".
I know it when I cain't see it, but once I actually see it, it's something else.
It's almost as, if it is the ghost of a doohicky or a thing-a-ma-jig.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 24 Jun 2011 10:51 am

Paul Graupp wrote:...NOTHING TIMES NOTHING IS WHAT...??

Well if you take nothing, and you multiply it by any number you still have nothing, and if you multiply it by nothing that means you don't multiply it at all.

So..
0 x 0 = 0

On the other hand, it's a matter of mathematical terminology.

4 x 3 means taking four items three times, so you end up with twelve.

0 x 3 means taking no items three times, so you still have none.

4 x 0 means not taking four at all, so you end up with none.

0 x 0 means not taking nothing at all.
I guess logically if you don't take nothing you must be taking something. The mind boggles.

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 24 Jun 2011 3:07 pm

Where is my Ben Rich topic...at least that had something whereas this has NOTHING !!

OOps...I'm ON TOPIC for a change but we still have 1,362 to go !!

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 24 Jun 2011 6:14 pm

My minor at university, all those years ago, was Truth-Functional Logic. A lot of the discussion was around when things were deducible and when things were a matter of definition. Believe it or not, one fellow was doing his Ph.D. thesis on 2+2=4. It may seem obvious, but it's not. You have to first discuss the definition of 2, then the definition of 4, then the definition of +.

1 is defined as a unit. It's the only unit, and every number thereafter is defined by its relationship to 1. For instance, 2 is defined as 1+1, 3 as 2+1, 4 as 3+1, et ad infinitem. So proving that 2+2=4 goes beyond definition; it's really a matter of proving that 2+2=3+1. In your mind's eye you can see that it does, by having four counters and rearranging them, but proving it with logic takes reams of paperwork. $:\$

What does this have to do with nothing ? Well, nothing is defined as the lack of everything. In a way, it's not a number, it's the lack of a number. In fact, the Ancient Romans and the Ancient Greeks before them, had no letter to represent zero. $:\$

Try writing zero in Roman numerals.