From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: Stephan Wilms Subject: Re: Off topic response to an off topic message--> was:Re: Software Engineering and Dreamers Date: 1997/06/19 Message-ID: <33A8E64A.2174@CWA.de>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 251115959 References: <5m57nu$7si@bcrkh13.bnr.ca><5mcp5o$ei7$3@news.cc.ucf.edu> <5md1fl$9f4@bcrkh13.bnr.ca><5mmvgj$61k@squire.cen.brad.ac.uk> <01bc7042$609289e0$cb61e426@DCorbit.solutionsiq.com> <5n45ou$cio@squire.cen.brad.ac.uk> <01bc7a5b$9ccdd900$21320f9b@mindlin> <5o7ahj$oos$1@news12.gte.net> <5o9v30$kg0@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net> Organization: CWA GmbH Reply-To: Stephan.Wilms@CWA.de Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-06-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Craig Franck wrote: > > "Phil Berman" wrote: > > >My response to this question has always been this: > >Question #1: What does a tree do when it falls and someone IS around to > >hear it? > >Answer: It makes a sound. > > > >Question #2: How does the presence or absence of an observer affect the > >falling tree? > >Answer: It doesn't make a bit of difference. > > What if it hits the observer? It makes a different sound (more squashy). > >Conclusion: The tree makes a sound when it falls. > > When a tree falls in the woods and crushes a deaf-mute, is there a sound? Yes, but it doesn't help him. > And in the same vein, what must the initial velocity of a cow being flung > from a catapult be in order to achieve orbit? 0 (Zero) ! A cow on a catapult does not move much. This changes when the catapult is enganged. And yes, it makes a sound, even if the cow is deaf. Stephan