[continued from previous message]   
      
   of course, Physfit clicked on the "yes" button. If there was not a   
   difference, then one wouldn't even bother to write 1 in that funky form,   
   using an infinite series of digit 9.   
      
   But the screen disappeared, and a message said, "You're a robot. Bye!"   
      
   Physfit said, "Fuck!" (first of the fix number of curses Jesus had   
   allowed him for that day). So he took a pen and paper and started   
   jotting down:   
      
        x = 0.99999....   
      
   Therefore:   
      
        10x = 9.99999....   
      
   Now he subtracted the former from the latter:   
      
        10x - x = 9.99999... - 0.99999...   
      
   Which simplifies to:   
      
        9x = 9   
      
   And therefore:   
      
        x = 1   
      
   "What the fuck??", said Physfit (his 2nd curse of the day).   
      
   Why x which was 0.99999... and not 1, turned out to be 1? ... "   
      
      
   (end of quote)   
      
      
   So, is this problem pointing to what Kosmanson has been so keen about? :)   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)