Re: Thinking about MINUS
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:45:46 GMT
Message-ID: <_5Foh.42590$cz.623576_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
>> Marshall wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 8, 9:22 am, "Aloha Kakuikanu" <aloha.kakuik..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> paul c wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Well, if I have 10 Navel Oranges and 10 Tangerine Oranges and I ask
>>>>> how
>>>>> many Florida Oranges I've got, I would hope the answer would be zero,
>>>>> not "contradiction".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is why the concept of type (or domain) is not such a great idea.
>>>
>>>
>>> !
>>>
>>> I would have to disagree with that assertion.
>>
>>
>>
>> Why do we even speak about types in this example? The example is
>> clearly about units (and not about types and domains). How is
>>
>> "10 Navel Oranges"
>>
>> is different from
>>
>> "10 cm"
>>
>> ? ...
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 04:45:46 GMT
Message-ID: <_5Foh.42590$cz.623576_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
paul c wrote:
> Aloha Kakuikanu wrote: >
>> Marshall wrote:
>>
>>> On Jan 8, 9:22 am, "Aloha Kakuikanu" <aloha.kakuik..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> paul c wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Well, if I have 10 Navel Oranges and 10 Tangerine Oranges and I ask
>>>>> how
>>>>> many Florida Oranges I've got, I would hope the answer would be zero,
>>>>> not "contradiction".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is why the concept of type (or domain) is not such a great idea.
>>>
>>>
>>> !
>>>
>>> I would have to disagree with that assertion.
>>
>>
>>
>> Why do we even speak about types in this example? The example is
>> clearly about units (and not about types and domains). How is
>>
>> "10 Navel Oranges"
>>
>> is different from
>>
>> "10 cm"
>>
>> ? ...
> > One has to do with food, which is very important to humans and the other > has to do with more abstract pleasure, which also for humans has > alternate sources!
Who says size doesn't matter? Received on Tue Jan 09 2007 - 05:45:46 CET