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  3. From: blair@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Marc E Blair)
  4. Subject: Re: 999,999,999 Green bottles
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov16.221817.27574@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
  6. Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
  7. References: <1992Nov14.181946.10516@spock.UUCP> <1992Nov14.222804.11111@spock.UUCP> <19934.2b07c212@ul.ie>
  8. Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 22:18:17 GMT
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  11. In article <19934.2b07c212@ul.ie> 9111298@ul.ie writes:
  12. >In article <1992Nov14.222804.11111@spock.UUCP>, friar@spock.uucp (Tom Walcott) writes:
  13. >> In article <1992Nov14.181946.10516@spock.UUCP> zaphod@spock.uucp (Matthew Ryan) writes:
  14. >>>In article <1992Nov14.034110.791@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> da003b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Vogon Poet) writes:
  15. >>>>In <1du912INN5fl@clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk> phudl@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr S J Liddicott) writes:
  16. >>>>>they'd be....
  17. >>>>
  18. >>>999,999,998 Green bottles hanging on the wall
  19. >>>>and if one green bottle should accidentally fall
  20. >>>>they'd be...
  21. >>>>
  22. >>>999,999,997 Green bottles hanging on the wall.
  23. >>>999,999,997 Green bottles hanging on the wall
  24. >>>and if one green bottle should accidentally fall
  25. >>>they'd be...
  26. >> 
  27. >> 999,999,996 Green bottles hanging on the wall.
  28. >> 999,999,996 Green bottles hanging on the wall
  29. >> and if one green bottle should accidentally fall
  30. >> they'd be...
  31. >> 
  32. > 999,999,995 Green bottles hanging on the wall.
  33. > 999,999,995 Green bottles hanging on the wall.
  34. > And if one green bottle should accidentally fall
  35. > there'd be...
  36.     999,999,995
  37.     -----------
  38.     \             / (999,999,995-I)  Green Bottles hanging on the wall.\
  39.      \            | (999,999,995-I) Green bottles hanging on the wall  |
  40.      /            | And if one green bottle should accidentally fall   |
  41.     /             \ there'd be                                         /
  42.     -----------
  43.         I=1
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  45. Marc
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