For the person who has everything, a bottle to keep it in.
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From: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard on 7 Mar 2010 20:01 > > > They are empty, they contain everything, including themselves and any > scale you use to weight them, so they cannot have weight. > So here's an interesting question, then: What's the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of a Klein bottle?
From: David DeLaney on 9 Mar 2010 20:31 Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> wrote: >> They are empty, they contain everything, including themselves and any >> scale you use to weight them, so they cannot have weight. > >So here's an interesting question, then: What's the acceleration due to >gravity at the surface of a Klein bottle? It's a trick question, because Klein bottles do not suck. Dave -- \/David DeLaney posting from dbd(a)vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the flower It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK> http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.
From: Peter Webb on 10 Mar 2010 01:38 "David DeLaney" <dbd(a)gatekeeper.vic.com> wrote in message news:slrnhpeiok.l2i.dbd(a)gatekeeper.vic.com... > Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> > wrote: >>> They are empty, they contain everything, including themselves and any >>> scale you use to weight them, so they cannot have weight. >> >>So here's an interesting question, then: What's the acceleration due to >>gravity at the surface of a Klein bottle? > > It's a trick question, because Klein bottles do not suck. > A very one-sided opinion.
From: R H Draney on 10 Mar 2010 03:22 David DeLaney filted: > >Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> wrote: >>> They are empty, they contain everything, including themselves and any >>> scale you use to weight them, so they cannot have weight. >> >>So here's an interesting question, then: What's the acceleration due to >>gravity at the surface of a Klein bottle? > >It's a trick question, because Klein bottles do not suck. Maybe you should check that statement with *Mrs* Klein....r -- "Oy! A cat made of lead cannot fly." - Mark Brader declaims a basic scientific principle
From: Chuck Riggs on 10 Mar 2010 06:31
On 10 Mar 2010 00:22:05 -0800, R H Draney <dadoctah(a)spamcop.net> wrote: >David DeLaney filted: >> >>Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups(a)NTLWorld.COM> wrote: >>>> They are empty, they contain everything, including themselves and any >>>> scale you use to weight them, so they cannot have weight. >>> >>>So here's an interesting question, then: What's the acceleration due to >>>gravity at the surface of a Klein bottle? >> >>It's a trick question, because Klein bottles do not suck. > >Maybe you should check that statement with *Mrs* Klein....r No can do. She's in another dimension. -- Regards, Chuck Riggs, An American who lives near Dublin, Ireland and usually spells in BrE |