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Don Sailorman on March 15, 2006 - 12:52pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Interesting. Good work. But what I want to know is: About when will the function become discontinuous?

Calculus cannot help there, and even catastrophe and complexity math do not help much to make real-world forecasts.

As an economist, I find it fascinating to see the demand for "prophets" to increase--people who write newsletters, astrologers, consultants, and authors of the "Left Behind" series of apocalyptic Christian novels.

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Donal on March 15, 2006 - 12:58pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
This illustrator has to know Sailorman:

http://www.drinkatwork.com/2006/03/comic-for-wednesday-march-15-2006.html

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Don Sailorman on March 15, 2006 - 1:58pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Arrghhhh,
Aye, that website is more fun than TOD. Thanks, we should all go there more often.

And the Wittengenstein reference has wheels within wheels to us philosophy afficianodos--about 3 levels of puns.

McDonald O'Sailorman:
I'll eat when I'm hungry,
I'll drink when I'm dry,
An the poteen don't get me,
I'll live till I die.

Did you know that (along with some help from the Arabs) the Irish saved civilization while Europe stank into its Dark Age?

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