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From: David Bernier on 24 Mar 2010 09:43 Dan Cass wrote: >> Is pointless topology the study of some empty space? > > I read somewhere that Empty Space was the little-known > sixth Space Girl, along with Baby Space, Sporty Space, etc. > > Apparantly Empty Space was even ditzier than the others... I'd be glad if someone could tell me which was born earlier, was it Dilbert Space or Empty Space? And also, were they ever an item, if you know what I mean ... Thanks, David Bernier
From: Dan Cass on 24 Mar 2010 06:44 > Dan Cass wrote: > >> Is pointless topology the study of some empty > space? > > > > I read somewhere that Empty Space was the > little-known > > sixth Space Girl, along with Baby Space, Sporty > Space, etc. > > > > Apparantly Empty Space was even ditzier than the > others... > > I'd be glad if someone could tell me which was born > earlier, was it Dilbert Space or Empty Space? > > And also, were they ever an item, if you know what I > mean ... > > > Thanks, > > David Bernier Not quite sure who Dilbert Space was... Does it refer to the cartoon "Dilbert", or is it a joke on "Hilbert Space"? If the latter, then Dilbert Space was infinitely older than Empty Space, and the two were an item, with Empty Space "looking up" to Dilbert Space. But Dilbert would not even consider Empty Space to be a subspace of himself, since Dilbert insisted on zero being an element of any subspace. Sad, really.
From: Norbert_Paul on 24 Mar 2010 11:43 William Elliot wrote: > On Wed, 24 Mar 2010, Norbert_Paul wrote: > >> William Elliot wrote: >>> Is pointless topology the study of some empty space? >> No. >> It is the study of /the/ empty space. > > Oh, some unique empty space. The empty topological space is the pair ({},{{}}). > However, according to the theory of pointless topology > only sober spaces are pointless. Such is the absurd > results of abstract nonsense, technically know as > category theory. What is a sober space? What is an absurd result? Definition(absurd result) A result is called /absurd/ iff ...(please continue)
From: Frederick Williams on 24 Mar 2010 12:20 Norbert_Paul wrote: > What is a sober space? I'm sure there's a joke about Stoned ualtity to be made here. > What is an absurd result? The sum of any absurd series. An absurd series is any series other than the harmonic series. -- I can't go on, I'll go on.
From: nigel on 24 Mar 2010 15:28
Norbert_Paul wrote: > William Elliot wrote: > >> Is pointless topology the study of some empty space? > > No. > It is the study of /the/ empty space. > Is /dev/null part of the empty space? |