Re: Snail pics please
From Denis Boissin <den...@tinuviel.cs.wcu.edu>
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· 21 Jun 1997 00:00 · View full thread
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> > 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. This is a tweaked version of Zeno ! Very interesting !! ;) The original ones, since there are many, are for example Achilles running after a tortoise. By the time Achilles reaches the position where the tortoise was when he started running, the tortoise will have moved forward. He will then run for that new position, and once again the tortoise will have move. Therefore, the tortoise will always beat Achilles at running ! Denis ^^ (00) +-------()()()---(____)---()()()-------+ | Don't Forget to visit me at | | http://www.cs.wcu.edu/~denis/ | | Venez me rendre visite | | ooo0 | | ( ) 0ooo | +-------------\ (-----( )----------+ \_) ) / (_/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,51bc63969a74e095 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Denis Boissin <den...@tinuviel.cs.wcu.edu> Subject: Re: Snail pics please Date: 1997/06/21 Message-ID: <Pin...@tinuviel.cs.wcu.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 251892471 References: <970...@darkside.demon.co.uk><33a...@news.supernews.com> <33A...@wing.rug.nl> <uB$JVb...@g-grids.demon.co.uk> <33A...@rot.mapson.sdrawkcab.daer> <01bc7bc5$9014fe80$091...@beyond-cool.sitel-be.com> <33A...@rot.mapson.sdrawkcab.daer> Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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