Re: Infinity proof

From: Lash Rambo (lrambo_at_obmarl.com)
Date: 04/18/05 

Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:48:18 GMT

"Tom St Denis" <tomstdenis@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1113764578.436503.35130@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> ošin wrote:
>> > The surrogate factoring theorem works over rationals, and from
>> > discussions I've seen on Usenet in response to my posts on SFT, it
>> > seems there's a good bit of confusion possible when it comes to
>> > understanding factoring in rationals.
>>
>> James... there
>
> <snip>
>
> What an insightful and well thought out reply...
>
> Now STFU. What makes you think ANYTHING you say has ANY effect on JSH?
> Stop replying already. You're just as bad as he is you SMFI.

It's similar to playing the slots. Here, the jackpot is being the first
person in ~10 years to get JSH to admit one of his pet results is a sham.
Although the odds are stacked high against the players, the huge
reward:effort ratio nonetheless motivates their play. And as with an
accumulating jackpot, the longer James holds out, the stronger that
motivation to play.

Trying to get people to stop replying to James is like trying to shut
down Vegas.

(Incidentally, this same principle is used successfully in many video
games, particularly MMORPGs where players get together to do "runs"
hoping for "good drops.")

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