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

[James Devenish]

In message <20031204072315.GJ1551 at erdos.home>
on Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 03:23:15PM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> Not at all.  Google for "zeno tortoise achilles" - the first hit is:
> 
> http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/zeno_tort/index.asp

Hmm, interesting. That page says "by far the best-known is the paradox
of the Tortoise and Achilles", but looking elsewhere I see that this was
the second argument documented by Aristotle, and I'm sure I was
introduced to the first without reference to the second. Better
sue the Education Department <g>