XPost: alt.usage.english, soc.culture.german   
   From: rh@rudhar.com   
      
   Sun, 23 Jun 2024 13:39:03 +0300: Phil Carmody    
   scribeva:   
      
   >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".   
      
   In the C programming language, ~0 is the same as 1, or true.   
      
   In your reasoning, it could also be the exclusio of yes as a possible   
   answer.   
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