Baron von Skippy on 19 Jul 2003 02:04:01 -0000


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Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Foomp


>>>>  Okay, then. I change the value of my Score, Charm, BAC, Activity,
>>>> Entropy, and Style to "any real number," noting that those undefined
>>>> values are within the limits set by the subsections of 154 that 
>>>> define
>>>> those dimensions. Now, this doesn't mean that I win, but it does mean
>>>> that either you didn't win either or we've got to do the SOE dance
>>>> again.
>>>
>>> No, it means that you tried to use the hole I found to something more
>>> than that hole can do, namely setting your dimensions to a 
>>> nonnumerical
>>> value, whereas I did it the right way and won.
>>>
>>> Just because I found a way to change dimensions in some respects
>>>
>> -No, the rule quite clearly states that my dimensions can be "any real 
>> number." So now they're all "any real number." I moved along the axes, 
>> as it were, to the point "any real number." Now where is that point?-
>
>I think you just stepped over the line from weird to absurd. "any real 
>number" could be interpreted to mean any number that is real, or it 
>could mean the string value "any real number"; but in this case it's 
>blindingly obvious what the meaning is.
>
-Wonko, you make this too easy... If it's blindingly obvious, then please, tell me in which way I've screwed things up. Either all my dimensions are now string values (which makes things FUBAR at best), or they're all undefined. Take your pick.-

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