From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Anthony Mandic Message-ID: <3C8DED06.88268F7D@start.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <34ddeb393782a569ffbb893d560f2016@plan9.bell-labs.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] (no subject) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 11:05:30 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6521a89e-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 presotto@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote: >=20 > I've got some questions I could use some discussion on. > Perhaps the list memership can help. >=20 > 1) which is more important, truth or beauty? Without truth there can be no beauty. But beauty eventually fades. So, does truth? > 2) exactly how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Which exact pin and what is the surface area of its head? > 3) if a tree falls in a forest with noone to hear, which editor > would be more useful in describing the fall? I wouldn't trust any editor from Greenpeace or "Save the Rainforests"! Bunch of biggoted greenies. The editor of the Sydney Morning Herald might be more objective, but I hear that the editors of The Times or The Wall Street Journal are pretty good. -am =A9 2002