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From: Anonymous on 9 Dec 2009 15:26 In article <7o9htsF3ofne4U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Pete Dashwood <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: >docdwarf(a)panix.com wrote: >> In article >> <a6221da3-ff33-4e81-9991-d201ddbcfb5b(a)g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>, >> Richard <riplin(a)Azonic.co.nz> wrote: >>> On Dec 9, 12:02?pm, docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote: [snip] >>>> What... you mean that because land can be used agriculturally in a >>>> linear fashion and people reproduce in a geometric one we're all >>>> due to starve by... sometime around the beginning of the 19th or >>>> 20th centuries? >>> >>> I am sure that 'people reproducing in a geometric fashion' is illegal >>> in many states of the US. >> >> Many states in the US are proud of their outlaws... how could any >> civilised society take honor from criminal status? > >You haven't been to Australia, have you, Doc... ? :-) Answering a question with a question is no answer at all, Mr Dashwood. I've been told they speak a Funny Language in Australia, as well. DD
From: Alistair on 11 Dec 2009 06:16 On Dec 8, 11:34 pm, Richard <rip...(a)Azonic.co.nz> wrote: > On Dec 9, 12:02 pm, docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote: > > > In article <4be1258d-34d7-46d5-aed9-39ae0b924...(a)u25g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, > > > Richard <rip...(a)Azonic.co.nz> wrote: > > > [snip] > > > >Just because you can think of something does not mean that it has not > > >already been thought of and dealt with decades ago. > > > What... you mean that because land can be used agriculturally in a linear > > fashion and people reproduce in a geometric one we're all due to starve > > by... sometime around the beginning of the 19th or 20th centuries? > > I am sure that 'people reproducing in a geometric fashion' is illegal > in many states of the US. I believe that people have been reproducing in a geometric (progression) fashion for millennia and not arithmetrically.
From: Richard on 11 Dec 2009 14:22
On Dec 12, 12:16 am, Alistair <alist...(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote: > On Dec 8, 11:34 pm, Richard <rip...(a)Azonic.co.nz> wrote: > > > > > On Dec 9, 12:02 pm, docdw...(a)panix.com () wrote: > > > > In article <4be1258d-34d7-46d5-aed9-39ae0b924...(a)u25g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, > > > > Richard <rip...(a)Azonic.co.nz> wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > >Just because you can think of something does not mean that it has not > > > >already been thought of and dealt with decades ago. > > > > What... you mean that because land can be used agriculturally in a linear > > > fashion and people reproduce in a geometric one we're all due to starve > > > by... sometime around the beginning of the 19th or 20th centuries? > > > I am sure that 'people reproducing in a geometric fashion' is illegal > > in many states of the US. > > I believe that people have been reproducing in a geometric > (progression) fashion for millennia and not arithmetrically. There's the problem. The were told to go fourth and multiply but they found the Kama Sutra and tried fifth, sixth and seventh. |