XPost: alt.usage.english, soc.culture.german   
   From: no_email@invalid.invalid   
      
   Phil Carmody  wrote:   
   > Ruud Harmsen  writes:   
   >> Sat, 22 Jun 2024 19:29:14 +0300: Phil Carmody    
   >> scribeva:   
   >>   
   >>> Ruud Harmsen  writes:   
   >>>> Mon, 17 Jun 2024 11:18:24 -0700: HenHanna    
   >>>> scribeva:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Kommen drei Logiker in eine Bar. Der Kellner fragt: "Na, was darfs sein,   
   >>>>> die Herren? Drei Bier?" Sagt der erste Logiker "Ich weiß nicht", der   
   >>>>> zweite auch "Ich weiß nicht" und der Dritte sagt "Ja"   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> ------ is this funny?   i don't really get it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 0 | 0 | 1 = 1, in Boolean logic.   
   >>>   
   >>> True but irrelevant.   
   >>>   
   >>> ~0 & ~0 & 1 = 1 is the boolean logic that applies.   
   >>   
   >> What do you mean by ~? Not? How is don't know a not.   
   >   
   > ~ is indeed not.   
   >   
   > Saying "don't know" is the *exclusion* of "no" as a possible state,   
   > because if "no" was this guy's intention he would have correctly   
   > answered "no" rather than "don't know".   
      
   ...except that 'don't know' usually means 'still deciding'.   
      
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