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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 18 Jun 1997.
Re: Snail pics please

Re: Snail pics please

beyond cool wrote:
> 
> This is the reason why you can never shoot a tortoise ! (cfr terry
> Pratchett's small gods).
> 
> Anyway, the arrow will never be able to reach the tortoise because by the
> time the arrow will have completed HALF of the distance to the tortoise
> when the arrow left the bow, the tortoise will have moved, if but a few
> inches, and therefore the arrow will not hit the tortoise because it only
> has HALF of the distance left so it will miss ...
> 
Yeah, It's called Zeno's paradox I believe.

Totto

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From: Totto <on....@rot.mapson.sdrawkcab.daer>
Subject: Re: Snail pics please
Date: 1997/06/18
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