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   Message 56,722 of 57,431   
   Julio Di Egidio to Tim Rentsch   
   Re: A little puzzle.   
   02 Dec 22 01:54:18   
   
   From: julio@diegidio.name   
      
   On Thursday, 1 December 2022 at 15:55:43 UTC+1, Tim Rentsch wrote:   
   > Julio Di Egidio  writes:   
   > > On Wednesday, 30 November 2022 at 11:24:17 UTC+1, Tim Rentsch wrote:   
   > >> Julio Di Egidio  writes:   
   > >> [edited for brevity]   
   > >>> On Tuesday, 29 November 2022 at 13:29:48 UTC+1, Tim Rentsch wrote:   
   > >>> ..> On Monday, 21 November 2022 at 21:45:34 UTC+1, Ben Bacarisse wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>> ..>> Consider any ordered measure that "wraps round" -- bearings in   
   > >>> ..>> degrees, minutes in the hour, indeed hours in either the 12 or   
   > >>> ..>> 24 hour clock. The problem is to determine if a given value is   
   > >>> ..>> in the sub-range specified by a start and an en value.   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> The question can be answered without using any of subtraction,   
   > >>>> remainder, or mod,   
   > >>>   
   > >>> No, it cannot. But feel free to prove me wrong.   
   > >>   
   > >> At this point I see no reason to try to convince you.   
   > >   
   > > You have never had any reason, so that is hardly surprising.   
   >   
   > As you may have observed, I often put in time and effort to give   
   > further explanation of an earlier comment. I'm more likely to do   
   > that when I think the person I'm responding to is interested in   
   > hearing what I have to say.   
      
   You insane retards and the end of the world...  Of course I   
   tell you about plane crashes and you even more so behave   
   like a retarded queer.  You do are an utter imbecille.   
      
   > I hope you will understand if I choose not to read or respond to   
   > your future postings.   
      
   Sure I do, you umpteenth piece of fraudulent abusive retard.   
   But I hope you will understand if every once in a while I still   
   point out some of the bestiality of your and this bandwagon's   
   insanity.   
      
   After all, if you guys like selling, buying and eating shit, who   
   am I to tell you not to...  if you retarded cunts didn't shit all   
   outside your box, that is.   
      
   Enough said for now.   
      
   Julio   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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