Re: [stack] Advantages of cat, joy ..?

On Feb 18, 2009, at 3:35 PM, John Cowan wrote:

> Don Groves scripsit:
>
>> Actually, a cigarette lighter has two state bits also. The second bit
>> tells whether or not there is enough fuel in the lighter for it to  
>> light
>> one more time ;-)
>
> Assume a perfectly spherical lighter with an infinite capacity for  
> fuel....

Now *that's* a mathematician's thinking!
--
don




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