tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post897157227906222445..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Back Home AgainJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-68256707492259156952010-10-02T01:36:08.646-04:002010-10-02T01:36:08.646-04:00over.over.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-69851297112013612212010-10-02T01:27:12.470-04:002010-10-02T01:27:12.470-04:00@M. Krebs:
The dispute about natural numbers and ...@M. Krebs:<br /><br />The dispute about natural numbers and integers is one that is about as resolvable as: "Better editor: Emacs or vi?"<br /><br />I respect your right, and Mr. Riley's, to believe in something different from what I know to be true.<br /><br />And yes, you are right: the line you quoted was brilliantly put.<br /><br />THAT SAID<br /><br />Integers are the whole bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-56726136447584854922010-09-29T02:15:17.706-04:002010-09-29T02:15:17.706-04:00Makes me think back to Garry Wills' somber ass...Makes me think back to Garry Wills' somber assessment in 1968, while tracking George Wallace, that America now looked like a country capable of anything...even electing Richard Nixon. Then, of course, came His Immaculate Holiness St. Ronnie, and we've had 42 more years of conditioning to numb the nerve endings. I would not be a bit surprised to see Daniels, or Pence, or Palin, sitting in Augustus Mullinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-46292093626334908862010-09-28T07:09:52.540-04:002010-09-28T07:09:52.540-04:00Yeah, that Reagan prediction. I had the same exac...Yeah, that Reagan prediction. I had the same exact experience. Reagan's election is when it became clear that things were not as they might have seemed.Fiddlin Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083633111240927563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-78757869984616046402010-09-27T22:33:27.988-04:002010-09-27T22:33:27.988-04:00Brendan, he's right -- and impressively so. Th...Brendan, he's right -- and impressively so. The natural numbers are the <i>positive</i> integers and historically precede the full plate of integers, which include 0 and those less.<br /><br />Oddly enough, I had intended to post the following:<br /><br /><i>This makes him sound dangerously like a Libertarian, except that the predictive value and real-world correspondence of his Answer For M. Krebsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-61503594363514704372010-09-27T18:33:00.393-04:002010-09-27T18:33:00.393-04:00My inner math nerd, however, compels me to say tha...My inner math nerd, however, compels me to say that you probably <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A&q=natural+number" rel="nofollow">meant</a>:<br /><br /><em>... can be expressed as an Integer, without recourse to the Natural Numbers.</em>bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-27301058159632005462010-09-27T17:12:08.588-04:002010-09-27T17:12:08.588-04:00Best response in a long while I've gotten to a...Best response in a long while I've gotten to an email I've written, is the least I can say.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-61042247341925402902010-09-27T17:10:47.742-04:002010-09-27T17:10:47.742-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.com