[extropy-chat] For Us, The Living

[Mike Lorrey]

--- randy <cryoofan at mylinuxisp.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 17:14:57 -0600, you wrote
> 
> 
> 
> > One rock
> >selected him and came straight toward him. It was a handsome rock,
> flat on
> >one side and brilliant while in the sunshine. A sharp edge faced him
> and
> >grew and grew and grew until it encompassed the whole world. >
> 
> 
> Geez, someone's been reading a bit too much Hemingway....
> 
> I guess RAH got the Hemingway out of his system with this book, cuz I
> have never before noticed the similarity....

What I want to know is how an edge can encompass a whole world. An edge
is a line, i.e. it has only one dimension. What sort of non-euclidean
trick was used to make a one dimensional geometric object encompass all
of 3 dimensional space???

=====
Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
                                       - Gen. John Stark
"Fascists are objectively pro-pacifist..."
                                       - Mike Lorrey
Do not label me, I am an ism of one...
Sado-Mikeyism: http://mikeysoft.zblogger.com

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