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Posted: 19 May 2009 10:07 am
by Paul Graupp
I read sixty pages of this thread so I might add something substantial but I can't...was it really all for nothing ??
Regards, Paul
Posted: 19 May 2009 11:11 am
by James Morehead
Posted: 19 May 2009 4:26 pm
by Archie Nicol
Moving off topic, this coming Sunday will be another `Helicopter Sunday`. I know this has NOTHING to do with this thread but, in the spirit of keeping some interest going, can you guess what I'm gibbering about?
Arch.
Posted: 19 May 2009 4:53 pm
by Paul Graupp
Maybe if I read them backwards; like from the last page towards the first page, I might be able to get a handle on it. What could come out of that except nil !!
Regards, Paul
Senseless
Posted: 19 May 2009 6:41 pm
by Joe Harwell
Nothing is senseless.
How could it be?
This thread is seamless and you can start any where.
Posted: 19 May 2009 8:03 pm
by David L. Donald
Square Root of Nothing?
Getting to the bottom of nothing.
Is Nothing a prime number?
Is nothing more or less Zero?
When Zero has more functions than nothing...
Posted: 19 May 2009 9:12 pm
by Scott Shipley
Nothing has really turned into something.
Posted: 20 May 2009 6:42 am
by Alan Brookes
Paul Graupp wrote:Maybe if I read them backwards...
That would be
GNIHTON
David L. Donald wrote:Square Root of Nothing?
Getting to the bottom of nothing.
Is Nothing a prime number?
Is nothing more or less Zero?
When Zero has more functions than nothing...
The square root of nothing is zero. 0 x 0 = 0
You can't get to the bottom of something that doesn't exist.
Nothing is not a prime number since nothing is not a number but the absence of a number.
Nothing IS zero. Anything more or less than zero is something.
No-thing is the absence of thing. Zero is the mathematical representation of nothing. The functions of zero are, therefore, the functions of nothing.
Posted: 20 May 2009 7:52 am
by Rick Collins
The square root of nothing is zero. 0 x 0 = 0
Are you quite sure of that Alan?
Actually, zero
is something. This I know; because for the last few weeks this thread has been going on, I have made an electronic deposit of
$0.00, each Friday, in everyone's bank account to show my appreciation of your tolerance for continuing this important pursuit.
More importantly, this coming Friday
I'm doubling this amount.
... and there's no need to thank me for that. It was
nothing.
Posted: 20 May 2009 10:22 am
by Alan Brookes
Rick Collins wrote:The square root of nothing is zero. 0 x 0 = 0
Are you quite sure of that Alan?
Actually, zero
is something. This I know; because for the last few weeks this thread has been going on, I have made an electronic deposit of
$0.00, each Friday, in everyone's bank account to show my appreciation of your tolerance for continuing this important pursuit.
More importantly, this coming Friday
I'm doubling this amount.
... and there's no need to thank me for that. It was
nothing.
Thanks Rick. I'll go out on a spending spree at lunchtime. All I need to find are items with zero sales prices... By the way, if your bank charges you a $5 transfer fee on each of those zero transfers you'll find that your account will soon become
NOTHING.
Am I sure that 0 x 0 = 1 ?
Well, it's a matter of the definition of arithmetical operators. For instance, 5 x 6 means five lots of six. So 0 x 0 means no lots of nothing. I guess logic would say that if we have no lots of nothing then we must have some lots of something. On the other hand, the 5 x 6 doesn't stand on its own. The following line might read 7 x 3. So 0 x 0 must mean no lots of nothing
in this part of the equation. The something could come somewhere else in the equation.
(My major at university was Mathematics, with a minor in Truth Functional Logic, so I could go on for hours on this subject) 
Posted: 20 May 2009 11:31 am
by Rick Collins
My major at university was Mathematics, with a minor in Truth Functional Logic, so I could go on for hours on this subject
A minor in "banking" might also come in handy at this point.
Thanks Rick. I'll go out on a spending spree at lunchtime. All I need to find are items with zero sales prices...
...necessary only if your account
balance is zero.
By the way, if your bank charges you a $5 transfer fee on each of those zero transfers you'll find that your account will soon become NOTHING.
Making sure my maintained balance will cover all banking services
free leaves me
nothing to worry about.
Seemingly, some perforations in the stream of "Truth Functional Logic".
Posted: 20 May 2009 11:44 am
by Richard Sevigny
Posted: 20 May 2009 2:17 pm
by Alan Brookes
Rick Collins wrote:...A minor in "banking" might also come in handy at this point...
Well, I'm a CPA, so that's the next best thing. You know what they say about CPAs... it means "Can't Prove Anything", so I guess that means we can prove NOTHING. Hey, there's that magic word again.
Posted: 20 May 2009 7:20 pm
by Scott Shipley
"Zen crossword puzzle"........I love it.
Posted: 21 May 2009 4:42 am
by Charlie McDonald
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I got nothing out of this.
Posted: 21 May 2009 6:39 am
by Paul Graupp
I got one of those corner angled red X's back on something I wrote in 2003 so I went back there and sure enough, there is still gnihton there.
Regards. Paul
Posted: 21 May 2009 9:57 am
by Rick Collins
Scott Shipley wrote:"Zen crossword puzzle"........I love it.
5. DOWN - Zilch
What's a seven letter word beginning with
N and ending with
G meaning zilch?
Zero doesn't fit.
N _ _ _ _ _
G
Gee, I just can't think of it right now.
Posted: 21 May 2009 11:45 am
by Larry Rafferty
Darryl Waltisperger wrote:Amazing, Alan ... there really is something to the whole "Nothing" thing.
This morning I got up with
nothing on, strolled out to our kitchen, and proceeded to pour myself a cup of coffee.
My wife glanced over and said, "well now, ain't you
something!" Later I asked her is she saw
anything that offended her, and she replied, "It was
nothing to write home about."
Posted: 21 May 2009 1:37 pm
by b0b
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Posted: 21 May 2009 1:49 pm
by ;
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Posted: 21 May 2009 2:00 pm
by Bob Knight
Posted: 21 May 2009 2:09 pm
by Archie Nicol
Arch.
Posted: 21 May 2009 3:38 pm
by Steve Atwood
That's a tough puzzle. This one's more my speed:
Across
1. All-in-one function
5. Mild oath
9. It leaves a slime trail
14. Dorothy's dog
15. Actress Hayworth
16. _____ Doone
17. She loves (Latin)
18. Author unknown (abbr.)
19. Essential oil from a flower
20.
22.
24. Type
25. Ending for "beat" or "peace"
26. "Thanks for explaining" (2 wds.)
27. Alda and Jackson
30. Pitcher Sidney
32. Tolled
33. Write quickly
34. Debated
38. Young fox
39.
41. Attempt
42. Shorthand writers
44. Actress Lupino
45. African river
46. Surfing the net
48. Pass receiver Lavernues
49. College or hospital, for example (abbr.)
52. Gerund ending
53. Welcome ___
54.
56.
60. Empty of water
61. Draft status (hyph.)
63. "Take __ __ leave it"
64. Having a drug habit, maybe
65. Camper's need
66. (Span.)
67. Woolen fabric
68. Takes to court
69. Campbell or Frye
Down
1. "____ the Man" Musial
2. Singer Perry
3. "Rat-_-___"
4.
5. Downed
6. Encircle
7. "From _ __ Z"
8. Wood resin
9. Strip of wood
10.
11. NBA great Gilmore
12. Foolish
13. Sizeable
21. They (Fr.)
23. Skater Baiul
25.
27. Boats measured in cubits
28. Milk (Fr.)
29. Opening bet
30. Kettle disparager
31. Assn.
33. ______ Diabetes Clinic
35. Electricity, for example (abbr.)
36. ____ Stanley Gardner
37. Colors
39. Negative prefix
40. Sodium chlor___
43.
45.
47. Metal bars
48. Downpour component
49. Asian river
50. Scandinavian
51. Step
53. Castle defenses
55. Third baseman Bradford
56. Hawaiian goose
57. Type style (abbr.)
58. Connecting point
59. The ____ Prix
62. Not masc. or fem.
Posted: 21 May 2009 5:08 pm
by Paul Graupp
