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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Computers make things very confusing. Since digital data is binary, all pictures are in fact just ones and zeros. This means that each picture, whatever its contents, is just a number, a very large integer. If you counted high enough, you would eventually create every possible picture.

Still, I think it is reasonable to ban some very large integers and make others legal. Just don't count too high...

26 posted on 04/16/2002 7:51:44 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: proxy_user
Still, I think it is reasonable to ban some very large integers

I'd like to see some strict controls on infinity, personally.

30 posted on 04/16/2002 7:52:52 AM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: proxy_user
Computers make things very confusing. Since digital data is binary, all pictures are in fact just ones and zeros. This means that each picture, whatever its contents, is just a number, a very large integer. If you counted high enough, you would eventually create every possible picture.

Each picture is not a number, it is an arrangement of two numbers via a coordinate map. A digital "picture" is not an Integer.

142 posted on 04/16/2002 9:14:33 AM PDT by ecomcon
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