[LRUG] talk idea

[Andrew McDonough]

Sounds interesting.  Is it true that it was Aristotle who first discovered
that the identity of nothing was actually 4, but that the knowledge was
lost until rediscovered over two thousand years later by Matz?

On 14 June 2012 11:34, David Nolan <dave at textgoeshere.org.uk> wrote:

> Are there any slots free soon?
>
> I've got this idea about nil. Well, it's not about nil. It's about central
> heating, and going bald, Andean tribes, a stained-glass window,
> superconducting quantum computers and wooden computers, and
> Jainism. Aristotle is in there, 1965 crops up, and anyone who says
> 'Sapir-Whorf' loses.
>
> I guess it's about true, false, and stuff that's neither.
>
> There'll be some Ruby but I don't think there's any danger of it being
> useful in your day job, unless your code runs on vintage 1958
> processors from Kazan.
>
> If there's some interest, I'll get on it.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
> --
> @davenolan
>
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