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ThatsItImout on April 18, 2007 - 4:25am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Well, Web, you may have actually done the undoable....prove that no matter how much oil there is....there is actually no oil! :-)

(that's a kick....I once had a math teacher who proved that the length of a coastline was always infinite! If you looked at it from space, you had one length, but as you moved closer you would be able to view more inlets and tiny curves and jagged edges you would see...the closer you got, the longer the coastline got, so the only thing limiting it's length was how close in the magnification was...in other words, how close you were looking....(!!)
(gee, I love the precision of mathematics...:-)

RC
Remember, we are only one cubic mile from freedom

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WebHubbleTelescope on April 18, 2007 - 6:54am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Another coastline paradox often discussed in college science classes. How fast does an oblique wavefront propagate as it hits the shore at a more and more perpendicular attitude? It actually approaches an infinite speed at the limit. However, the professor would be smart to add that this is purely a phase speed that carries no information content whatsoever.

Likewise, your contribution adds absolutely no informational content to the discussion :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

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ThatsItImout on April 18, 2007 - 1:48pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I know, but it was fun! :-)
RC

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