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From: Cwatters on 9 Jun 2010 04:05

"BURT" <macromitch(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> You cannot take away from a quantity more than its absolute value. You
> canot subtract from zero. The minus sign for a negative number is only
> real as a subtraction operator.
>
> Mitch Raemsch

It appears you can on the stock market :-(


From: Ostap Bender on 9 Jun 2010 17:31
On Jun 8, 4:53 pm, Pollux <po....(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> (6/8/10 4:48 PM), BURT wrote:> You cannot take away from a quantity more than its absolute value. You
> > canot subtract from zero. The minus sign for a negative number is only
> > real as a subtraction operator.
>
> > Mitch Raemsch
>
> Ah yeah, that's right. I heard something about people opposing the
> existence of negative numbers. Wasn't that in the middle ages?

These were very negative people, and they all died a negative number
of years after the 16th centuries.
From: Ostap Bender on 9 Jun 2010 17:32
On Jun 8, 4:57 pm, BURT <macromi...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Jun 8, 4:53 pm, Pollux <po....(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > (6/8/10 4:48 PM), BURT wrote:> You cannot take away from a quantity more than its absolute value. You
> > > canot subtract from zero. The minus sign for a negative number is only
> > > real as a subtraction operator.
>
> > > Mitch Raemsch
>
> > Ah yeah, that's right. I heard something about people opposing the
> > existence of negative numbers. Wasn't that in the middle ages?
>
> > Pollux
>
> > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: n...(a)netfront.net ---
>
> The existence of negative numbers is that they are absolutes values
> with a minus operator. Their role is simply for subtraction. They are
> not any negative quantity.
>
> There is no quantity below the absence of quantity or zero.
> Please show otherwise.

Brilliant idea. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give you -3
From: Cwatters on 10 Jun 2010 04:25

"BURT" <macromitch(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c8c904dd-ea08-45a7-93db-ef719186451f(a)s6g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> You cannot take away from a quantity more than its absolute value. You
> canot subtract from zero. The minus sign for a negative number is only
> real as a subtraction operator.
>
> Mitch Raemsch

As I brake for the junction in the road my acceleration is negative. What
happens if I press the brake harder?



From: BURT on 10 Jun 2010 04:56
On Jun 10, 1:25 am, "Cwatters"
<colin.wattersNOS...(a)TurnersOakNOSPAM.plus.com> wrote:
> "BURT" <macromi...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:c8c904dd-ea08-45a7-93db-ef719186451f(a)s6g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > You cannot take away from a quantity more than its absolute value. You
> > canot subtract from zero. The minus sign for a negative number is only
> > real as a subtraction operator.
>
> > Mitch Raemsch
>
> As I brake for the junction in the road my acceleration is negative. What
> happens if I press the brake harder?

There is no negative acceleration. Slow downs are never accelerations.
Einstein was wrong.

Mitch Raemsch
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