[Tfug] Jessie James and the WWW

[eric christian]

Jeffry Johnston schrieb:
> Please quit spamming this list..... your post is off topic, but didn't
> include [OT] in the title.. it has nothing to do with *nix..  getting
> annoyed.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:38 AM, eric christian <ericdanc at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
>> google "Jessie James". You will find out that he lived to a ripe old age
>> as businessman in South Dakota or somewhere. kool. But, then you see
>> someone dug up some grave and did a DNA test, "proving" that Jessie died
>> as said. Dang. However, then you see the DNA test was flawed, some
>> matter about a tooth or something. Hmmmm.How do you find the "truth" or
>> prove something on the web (or anywhere)?
>>
>> The only way i know to find the truth (about statements) is complete
>> induction. You beak the statement down into cases (often the most
>> difficult part). Then,
>>
>>  i)  you show that the statement holds for case 1 (or 0).
>> ii)  you assume the statement holds for case n. Then, you show that the
>>      statement holds for case n+1.
>>
>> I can prove that there is no last prime with this.
>>
>> Most all other "proofs" are based on enummeration: the statement holds
>> for n cases. This is, of course, no proof.
>>
>> What to do? I think, just use common sense. Check out things from
>> "different angles", see if pieces fit together, like in a jury trial.
>> But, if you have the childish notion that you will find *THE TRUTH* in a
>> jury trial or the web, well, then google "lobotomy ice pick". Or just go
>> to your local Margaret Sanger Clinik. EC
>>
huh? i wuz sleepin. you dwarf. you want a shoot out?. didn't ol'Jessie 
say 'some'll rob you with a gun, others with a pen". or wuz that Pretty 
Boy Floyd?
Eric