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Re: An uncountable countable set

Subject: Re: An uncountable countable set
From: Virgil
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:56:48 -0600
Newsgroups: sci.math
In article <453912c1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 Tony Orlow <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> David Marcus wrote:
> > Tony Orlow wrote:
> >> David Marcus wrote:
> >>> Tony Orlow wrote:
> >>>> Virgil wrote:
> >>>>> In article <4533d315@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >>>>>  Tony Orlow <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>>> Then let us put all the balls in at once before the first is removed 
> >>>>>>> and 
> >>>>>>> then remove them according to the original time schedule.
> >>>>>> Great! You changed the problem and got a different conclusion. How 
> >>>>>> very....like you.
> >>>>> Does TO claim that putting balls in earlier but taking them out as in 
> >>>>> the original will result in fewer balls at the end?
> >>>> If the two are separate events, sure.
> >>> Not sure what you mean by "separate events". Suppose we put all the 
> >>> balls in at one minute before noon and take them out according to the 
> >>> original schedule. How many balls are in the vase at noon?
> >>>
> >> empty.
> > 
> > Suppose we put ball n in at 1/n before noon and remove it at 1/(n+1) 
> > before noon. How many balls in the vase at noon?
> > 
> 
> At all times >=-1 there will be 1 ball in the vase.

Which ball will that be at noon, TO?

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