[continued from previous message]   
      
   > The question went like this:   
   >   
   >      "In math, is there a difference between the two numbers 0.999999...   
   > and 1 ?"   
   >   
   > The digits of "9" continued forever to the right of the radix point. So   
   > 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:   
      
   Heh-heh   
      
   Woof woof, some apes are slimy!   
   >   
   >      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?   
   > :)   
      
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