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From: Akira Bergman on 17 Apr 2010 00:43
On Apr 17, 11:11 am, "Tronscend" <tronf...(a)frizurf.no> wrote:
> "Akira Bergman" <akiraberg...(a)gmail.com> skrev i meldingnews:885ecb77-581e-4fad-9023-9d2d2ac59656(a)j21g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
> On Apr 15, 9:11 pm, "Tronscend" <tronf...(a)frizurf.no> wrote:
>
> > "Akira Bergman" <akiraberg...(a)gmail.com> skrev i
> > meldingnews:47e3cc08-8ef2-4ca3-891c-b19223bcb988(a)g11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
> > On Apr 15, 8:09 am, John Jones <jonescard...(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
> > .....
>
> > >While many words and symbols oscillate in their meanings and evolve,
> > >there are many others that stay put, like '1', '0', 'circle', 'blue'.
>
> > Makes you feel blue, doesn't it?
>
> > T
>
> 1) Sorry for pushing the wrong button.
>  It was meant for the group, not to fill your personal inbox.
> 2) Sorry for the feeble joke...
>
> T

Don't worry, it is fine.

The highly acidic environment of the net and specially this NG has
made me overly cautious.
From: John Jones on 17 Apr 2010 21:33
Akira Bergman wrote:
> On Apr 17, 11:11 am, "Tronscend" <tronf...(a)frizurf.no> wrote:
>> "Akira Bergman" <akiraberg...(a)gmail.com> skrev i meldingnews:885ecb77-581e-4fad-9023-9d2d2ac59656(a)j21g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
>> On Apr 15, 9:11 pm, "Tronscend" <tronf...(a)frizurf.no> wrote:
>>
>>> "Akira Bergman" <akiraberg...(a)gmail.com> skrev i
>>> meldingnews:47e3cc08-8ef2-4ca3-891c-b19223bcb988(a)g11g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
>>> On Apr 15, 8:09 am, John Jones <jonescard...(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
>>> .....
>>>> While many words and symbols oscillate in their meanings and evolve,
>>>> there are many others that stay put, like '1', '0', 'circle', 'blue'.
>>> Makes you feel blue, doesn't it?
>>> T
>> 1) Sorry for pushing the wrong button.
>> It was meant for the group, not to fill your personal inbox.
>> 2) Sorry for the feeble joke...
>>
>> T
>
> Don't worry, it is fine.
>
> The highly acidic environment of the net and specially this NG has
> made me overly cautious.

Yeh well up yours dearie.

Listen, did you hear about the one-legged horseman? he fell off. Ahh its
the way I tell em.
From: John Jones on 17 Apr 2010 21:34
Zerkon wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:09:12 +0100, John Jones wrote:
>
>> they are mathematical symbols or
>
> [Caution Sign] Leap to ambiguity Ahead
>
>> signs.
>
>> Here are some signs and their limits:
>
> 1.
> a token; indication.
> 2.
> any object, action, event, pattern, etc., that conveys a meaning.
> 3.
> a conventional or arbitrary mark, figure, or symbol used as an
> abbreviation for the word or words it represents.
> 4.
> a motion or gesture used to express or convey an idea, command, decision,
> etc.: Her nod was a sign that it was time to leave.
> 5.
> a notice, bearing a name, direction, warning, or advertisement, that is
> displayed or posted for public view: a traffic sign; a store sign.
> 6.
> a trace; vestige: There wasn't a sign of them.
> 7.
> an arbitrary or conventional symbol used in musical notation to indicate
> tonality, tempo, etc.
> 8.
> Medicine/Medical. the objective indications of a disease.
> 9.
> any meaningful gestural unit belonging to a sign language.
> 10.
> an omen; portent: a sign of approaching decadence.
> 11.
> sign of the zodiac.
> 12.
> sign language (def. 1).
> 13.
> Usually, signs. traces, as footprints, of a wild animal.
> 14.
> Mathematics.
> a.
> a plus sign or minus sign used as a symbol for indicating addition or
> subtraction.
> b.
> a plus sign or minus sign used as a symbol for indicating the positive or
> negative value of a quantity, as an integer.
> c.
> multiplication sign.
> d.
> division sign.
> e.
> a symbol, as or !, used to indicate a radical or factorial operation.

These are applications of a sign, but some examples of how they limit
our thinking would be useful.
From: huge on 20 Apr 2010 23:56
Tim :

> On Apr 14, 6:09 pm, John Jones <jonescard...(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
>> INTRO
>> Paul deMann said that mathematical symbols aren't symbols per se but
>> are "semiotic indices". You can take it from me that he knew what he
>> was talking about.
>
>
> Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaa haaa ha. Good one, Rabbit Food, that's
> the best joke I've heard all week!!!!


Jhonnie went to Derrida-dada University majoring in obscurantism.


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huge: Not on my time you don't.
From: huge on 21 Apr 2010 00:08
John Jones :

> INTRO
> Paul deMann said that mathematical symbols aren't symbols per se but are
> "semiotic indices". You can take it from me that he knew what he was
> talking about.

de Man was an anti-semite literary critic and fool. Exactly which of
those sterling qualifications make him knowledgable about mathematics?

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huge: Not on my time you don't.
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