From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 60656
Date: 2008-10-07
----- Original Message -----
From: "david_russell_watson" <liberty@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 7:49 PM
Subject: [tied] Nostratomania (was Re: Reaching Down (was: Comparative Notes
on Hurro-Urartian,)
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>>
>> I have noticed that cell phones (I assume this is what the word
>> stands for) tend to become lighter with time, eg. a cell phone
>> might weigh 100 grams today which weighed 1 kg 10 years ago.
>> Using the glottochronological method I am now in a position to
>> compute the weight of a Nostratic cellphone namely 0,1 kg *
>> 10^8000, or 10^7999 kg, or 10^7997 tons. Unfortunately something
>> seems to be wrong with my calculator, because it refuses to
>> compute this number; I hope some other member of cybalist will
>> have better luck.
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> You have learned the Tao of Sarcasm well, Grasshopper, I am proud.
>
> You are now ready to go out into the world on your own.
>
> David
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No, Grasshopper, you're not ready.
because
0,1 kg 10^10 years is not 1 kg,
And your master is not ready either.
Arnaud
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