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- From: forest@maths.tcd.ie (Sharon Murphy)
- Subject: Re: 999,999,999 Green bottles
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.085133.15547@maths.tcd.ie>
- Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
- References: <1992Nov30.192118.61409@cc.usu.edu> <mPu4uB12w165w@mertwig.UUCP> <BynwBG.G2H@mach1.wlu.ca> <1993Jan25.175105.4340@bradford.ac.uk> <1993Jan25.173511.2828@vax1.mankato.msus.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 08:51:33 GMT
- Lines: 55
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- engan@vax1.mankato.msus.edu writes:
-
- >In article <1993Jan25.175105.4340@bradford.ac.uk>, A.D.Brown@bradford.ac.uk (AD BROWN) writes:
- >> veen2976@mach1.wlu.ca (veenstra christopher) writes:
- >>
- >>>In article <mPu4uB12w165w@mertwig.UUCP> xyzzy@mertwig.UUCP (Daniel Drucker) writes:
- >>>>> >>>>>>:>>>>>>> 999,999,999 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>>>> >>>>>>:>>>>>>> 999,999,999 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>>>> >>>>>>:>>>>>>> and if one green bottle should accidentally fall
- >>>>> >>>>>>:>>>>>>> they'd be....
- >>>>> >>>>>>:>>>>>>
- >>>> ____________________________________
- >>>>| |
- >>>>| ETC ETC ETC ETC ETC |
- >>>>|____________________________________|
- >>>>
- >>>>
- >>>>> 999,999,985 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>>>> 999,999,985 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>>>> and if one of those bottles should happen to fall
- >>>>> they'd be...
- >>>>
- >>>>Come on, cascades don't have to be THIS stupid.
- >>>>
- >>
- >>>Well, personally, I find this far more amusing than any cascade. I haven't
- >>>seen this many people get this annoyed at any cascade yet! I almost get
- >>>sick from laughing at all these people telling them to stop. I love it! In
- >>>fact......
- >>
- >>>999,999,984 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>>999,999,984 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >>>and if one of those bottles should happen to fall
- >>>they'd be...
- >>
- >> A chain reaction that would cause half the bottles to fall each time
- >> so:
- >>
- >> 49,999,992 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >> 49,999,992 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >> and if half of those bottles should happen to fall
- >> there'd be...
- >>
- >24,999,996 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >24,999,996 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- >and if 72.6 percent of those bottles should happen to fall
- >there'd be...
- 18,149,997 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- 18,149,997 Green bottles hanging on the wall
- and if only those bottles whose masses exceeded, or
- neared within 0.5%, the breaking stress of the
- fibres used to support them in such a state
- of equilibrium... on a tuesday...
- there'd be...
-
-