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Posted by Davιmon on 04/10/06 11:40
Jose arranged shapes to form:
>> Does context change maths as it does language, so that
>> 1+1 != 2 somewhere in the universe?
>
> Early pentiums.
>
> Consider a script which generates an HTML page listing bus riders. Each
> time somebody swipes a farecard to enter or exit, the list is updated.
> One day halfway through the run, the last passenger exits. Three
> stops later, a passenger is waiting, and a stop after that five
> passengers are waiting for the bus.
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> What happens to the bus, and to the unordered list of passengers, in the
> interim. Does it simply cease to exist?
>
> As Descartes might say, "I think not".
>
Then Descartes would output an empty <ul></ul> and fill his html with
codejunk?
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DavΓ©mon
http://www.nightsoil.co.uk/
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