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wizards teeth
from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-22 11:58 [#00136026]
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1. Write list of things to do.
Example -
a) get a haircut b) get a job c) bake some cakes d) talk to lard e) write list of things to do
continue this for ever
in the end the list will include one item only,
e)write list
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Dialect Falx
from New Bern (United States) on 2002-03-22 11:59 [#00136030]
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no. you die. then the list stops.
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KEN
from BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-22 12:01 [#00136033]
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how? surely you could talk to lard for as long as you like...????...or you vcould keep getting jobs....mmmnnnn. i like the nature of these threads to day...
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Jedi Chris
on 2002-03-22 12:02 [#00136036]
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Yes - you will die before completing the list! You, as an individual CANNOT continue the list forever, because humans don't last forever - we're a bad design if you ask me?
Can I get a refund???
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Jedi Chris
on 2002-03-22 12:03 [#00136037]
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Besides why would you want to talk to lard?
Very strange !! :)
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wizards teeth
from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-22 12:14 [#00136047]
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Modified list:
a) clean new bike b) whisper to lard c) create a robot that writes lists and responds to lists by writing lists about lists, telling himself to write lists, with writing lists as the only topic on the list of lists.
d) use super conductors to power robot to allow for infinite life span
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KEN
from BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-22 12:14 [#00136048]
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ahhhh- get it now-but surely infinity ceases when you die? ie you would no longer be funtionally to appreciate the concept of infinity.
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wizards teeth
from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-22 12:15 [#00136050]
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i dont believe in death as mumrah is my dad
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Jedi Chris
on 2002-03-22 12:17 [#00136052]
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Thundercats eh?? But once you are dead - you can't take the list to complete it though can you?
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shortcircuit
from Red Ends (Germany) on 2002-03-22 12:17 [#00136053]
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that's the same as the sound of the falling tree that no one hears...
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KEN
from BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-22 12:20 [#00136055]
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so does that list theory prove infinity?
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Jedi Chris
on 2002-03-22 12:21 [#00136056]
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Investigating whether or not a falling tree makes a noise could would probably be on the list as a seperate issue ;)
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Jedi Chris
on 2002-03-22 12:22 [#00136057]
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Generations and generations of people could continue adding stuff to the list, you we as individuals could only write so much, as our lifespans are not infinate!
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Vader
from € Lisbon, PT on 2002-03-22 14:12 [#00136185]
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what about drawing a circumference? Or this: 1,2 between 1 and 2 are a infinite number of numbers so are the points of a circumference.
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Contour Regard
from Herscher (come and find me) (United States) on 2002-03-22 15:22 [#00136270]
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or how about pi, an infinite number
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aneurySm
from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2002-03-22 16:14 [#00136331]
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the following sentence is false the preceding sentence is true
wha-?
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wizards teeth
from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-22 16:17 [#00136336]
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have you read that book aneurySm ?
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Omneignotumus
on 2002-03-22 17:27 [#00136401]
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Matter in the form of a robot or any object that you could conceive of is not infintite in life span.
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w M w
from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-22 18:04 [#00136458]
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eventually the sun will use up all it's fuel and explode before shrinking again, killing the robot... if the robot moved to another solar system, eventually the universe will collapse, killing the robot. eventually time won't exist... because there will be no way for matter to perform actions with any significance since it'll be so tightly packed in one area or something.
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Jedi Chris
on 2002-03-22 18:12 [#00136469]
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Wow- that's very deep! I can't think of anything else to say on this matter!
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Duble0Syx
from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-03-22 19:23 [#00136543]
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Unless you creatied a form of consciessness beyond the physical universe, and then it might be possible...
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