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

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 10:03  PM, Baron von Skippy wrote:

> > > > >  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.-

Or you tried to do something impossible, and thus failed. I choose 
that, mostly 'cause it's true, but also 'cause it's funny.

--
Wonko

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