[ot] Tortoise fables (was: Re: [plug] dlink dsl-300)

[James Devenish]

In message <20031204070720.GI1551 at erdos.home>
on Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 03:07:20PM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> I think I prefer Zeno's Tortoise and Achilles paradox.

You're just making that up*!

> (For those who havne't heard of it:  Achilles and the Tortoise have a
> race; Achilles gives the Tortoise a short head-start 'cos he's so much
> slower than Achilles.  In the time it takes Achilles to reach the
> Tortoise's old position, the Tortoise is always slightly further on.  So
> no matter how much faster Achilles may be, he can never catch up to the
> Tortoise.)

Unfortunately for the bookmakers, the tortoise has similar problems
moving from his old position to his new one.

* <glances around> Right?