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Oct 4, 2002 | 10:02 AM

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PeaceLove&S2K

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Originally posted by PeaceLove&S2K
this was in my UML book

"0x2B | ~0x2B" -Hamlet

did you know that
tobe || !tobe will always resolve to true?
it's a boolean algebra postulate.

I'm such a geek

Oct 4, 2002 | 01:54 PM

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Good one! Nothing funnier that Boolean humour.

Oct 4, 2002 | 04:09 PM

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Oct 4, 2002 | 04:35 PM

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Right on, Jack. "A or ~A" is a tautology in predicate logic. So, actually, "To be or not to be" isn't even a question. It's a vacuous fact!

I spend most of my life spouting useless truths!

Oct 4, 2002 | 06:15 PM

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chazmo
[B]Right on, Jack.

Oct 4, 2002 | 06:15 PM

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Oct 5, 2002 | 10:28 AM

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Shakespeare died 200 years before George Boole was born. Was Shakespeare not only one of the greatest writers of the english language but also a genius of logic and math?!!

He may have already discovered "Boolean" algebra (henceforth known as "Shakespearian Algebra") almost 300 years before it's discovery by Boole.

Amazing.

This is going in "Incredible Facts"... if I can find it.