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On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Jorge Llambias wrote: > > la djan cusku di'e > > >I read no such implication into 22.0 or for that matter into 21.99999... > >Both of these are representations of integers simpliciter. > > They have the same denotation, but very different connotations. > "21.9999..." tells me that the number probably is badly > formatted computer output. > > Saying "I have 0.9999... apples in my hand" would be as odd > in Lojban as it is in English, even if true. I don't see how it could be true, unless the apple value so precise that it fluctuates constantly as gas leaves and enters the apple. Even then, that gives a meaning for many 9s but not an infinitude of them. Whatever the case, 0.9bar is not 1.0. -- Henry McCullers, an affable Plano, TX-area anti-Semite, praised the Jewish people Monday for doing "a bang-up job" running the media. "This has been such a great year for movies, and the new crop of fall TV shows looks to be one of the best in years," McCullers said. "And the cable news channels are doing a terrific job, too. Admittedly, they're not reporting on the Jewish stranglehold on world finance, but, hey, that's understandable."