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Maybe.. is it possible that this was yet another Machiavellian maneuver to keep the ranks fighting among themselves? Sow discontent and disagreement between the ranks, and the eyes are then off of the Boss.. Train one group to be anal-retentive micro-managers, the bible be damned.. and train the underlings not to trust those directly above them..

No. That is one of main reasons I quietly walked away from one group. They probably still don't know (or even care) why they haven't seen me for over ten years..

I think there were a few who came close. Generally.. a friend is one who understands another being that is friend.. Me? I dunno.. I sometimes have a hard time understanding the Cats here.

Thanks friend. Too bad we are too damned busy with other stuff most of the time..

Technically.. the empty set is both closed and open.. I don't know if that helps here..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcge3FoRM4Y I'm still in love with nice old ladies..

Perhaps. But then again.. one partakes of the flower, the other consumes it..

I think God has allowed him to walk in the shadow of the valley of malignant evil..

Kronecker had his little Delta. Then passed off, quietly into obscurity.. Argo has to permit infinite passage. Always room for one more..

As far a history is concerned. Kronecker eventually died. And the Mathematical World embraced Cantor..

maybe we need to define existence.. when did you, presonally, exist? Maybe that is the big question.. before Abraham, after Abraham..

So why can't I develop a few real, genuine friendships without joining another damned cult.. or founding one.. or being an administrative assistant of one.. or enabling one.. or whatever. maybe it is because I am asking for far, far too much.

the problem with Kronecker's public railing against the Transfinite Numbers. They were not exactly numbers, to begin with They were more descriptions of the properties of subsets of numbers.. the first one is Aleph null. That one describes the set of Natural Numbers, or the counting numbers.. Its a frigging description. Not an exact quantity..

Some Religious Folk thought Cantor's work to be Blasphemy.. but it was the wrong era. They didn't exactly succeed in raising religous persecution and such. Cantor held the belief that God revealed to him the Transfinite Numbers. what are Transfinite numbers anyway.. anybody want to know? This was a development in the 1800's. I mean.. come on. Great great gramps can't be so smart that we can't understand him, can he? The actual mechanics behind the theory is really pretty easy to agree on.. if one can find a one to one correspondence between sets, no matter how different they might be.. one has then shown than one set is equivalent to the other.. if you want the english version, I will give it.

This is among some of the great secrets of the Universe.. Man, reluctantly raises his head above the mire of society, and sees, and maybe even understands the nature of the first infinity.. hey.. the Greeks didn't dare go there. Archimedes probably knew more, but wasn't inclined to say.. now we are talking technology long before the 1800's..

This one also has a couple of numbers.. 1967, and 19..

We've already lost a hand full of numbers, and in the final tally it has made no difference..

Hey.. if you want something completely different. May I suggest: Yes, I've listened to this on multiple occasions.

Ha! That is the real question: and the Answer: because their home is not *neat* enough..

So, what if we just re-named numbers, and just gave them a different label. Instead of 1, we call it 1 squared, which is 1. Instead of 2, we call it 2 squared, which is 4. Instead of 3, we call it 3 squared, which is 9. Here is where the problem (question number one) exists. We've skipped over a lot of numbers so far.. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8.. but these sets STILL have the same number of members.

This is where Cantor was brilliant. Of course, Kronecker persecuted Cantor, not to Cantor's grave, but to Kroneckers. Kronecker described one of the greatest minds of the 19th century as a mathematical charlatan, a corrupter of the youth.. Kronecker was a dull little bastard. Well, he showed a little brilliance, from time to time..

So nobody wants to attempt to answer the first question. For shame, for shame..

And you are intelligent, superb, priceless human beings. Except for the one who requested No Contact. I can respect that.. sorry, it is Weird Squirrel Night. Hey! it's Tuesday, Afternoon..