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06.09.2012, 18:29
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| | | How long is a piece of string
No matter how long it is?
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06.09.2012, 18:36
| | | | Re: How long is a piece of string
the string doesn't exist...
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06.09.2012, 18:38
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| | | Re: How long is a piece of string
How long is a piece of string?
How wide is a table?
How high is a ceiling?
Duh. Measure it.
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06.09.2012, 18:44
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| | | Re: How long is a piece of string
| Quote: | |  | | | How long is a piece of string?
How wide is a table?
How high is a ceiling?
Duh. Measure it. | | | | | It is often a question asked when someone has no idea how long something is or is unsure of an answer, but there is a very viable answer!
Without a measure ....Duh !
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06.09.2012, 19:34
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| | | Re: How long is a piece of string
As long as you want it to be  |
06.09.2012, 19:36
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| | | Re: How long is a piece of string
twice as long as half  |
06.09.2012, 19:41
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| | | Re: How long is a piece of string
I give up.
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06.09.2012, 19:41
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Yes the correct answer is twice as long as it is from one end to the middle  |
06.09.2012, 19:58
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| | | Re: How long is a piece of string
Twice as long as the length from one end to the middle.
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06.09.2012, 20:01
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| | | Re: How long is a piece of string
| Quote: | | | | | Twice as long as the length from one end to the middle. | | | | | Wake up zzzzzzz
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13.10.2012, 14:45
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| | | Re: How long is a piece of string
| Quote: | | | | | Yes the correct answer is twice as long as it is from one end to the middle | | | | | not if the string is infinitely long
also what if the string has no end? e.g. a loop of string?
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13.10.2012, 16:16
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| | | Re: How long is a piece of string
Also not if it is fractal.
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13.10.2012, 16:44
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| | | Re: How long is a piece of string
It's just a theory
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