Re: a comment on Settling in by INTRANSIT	14-Mar-06/10:55 AM
ace, I think??
Re: a comment on We Do Not Write About by faithmairee	14-Mar-06/10:48 AM
Pi has an infinite number of digits to the right of its decimal point, as you say. The number you define as Dovina is infinite in magnitude. Do I think infinity is a real number (in the way that 183 is)? I don't know, it boggles my senses.
Re: a comment on We Do Not Write About by faithmairee	14-Mar-06/10:26 AM
I believe this is the first time you have ever agreed with me. You should be ashamed!
Re: a comment on We Do Not Write About by faithmairee	14-Mar-06/10:18 AM
We seem to be stuck with having smaller and bigger infinities. One infinity can be a subset of another. Yet they are nonetheless the same size, or so it seems.
Re: a comment on We Do Not Write About by faithmairee	14-Mar-06/9:39 AM
You wish to awaken moi? I feel so useful and unique. However, the square root of infinity is far away from 183, so far I have no idea how far.
Re: a comment on We Do Not Write About by faithmairee	14-Mar-06/9:31 AM
There are more infinities than one.
Re: a comment on Boundaries by Dhanesh M Kumar	14-Mar-06/9:27 AM
Please place your explanations within the poem.
Re: a comment on Settling in by INTRANSIT	14-Mar-06/9:26 AM
I've reconsidered. I think that hardwood floor has a perfect right to look "adoringly" up my skirt after those dents I left in it with my spike heels.
Re: a comment on Numbers In Heaven by Dovina	13-Mar-06/6:39 PM
Too bad you grew up.
Re: a comment on Numbers In Heaven by Dovina	13-Mar-06/6:11 PM
Oh, now I see what you're saying in an achemist's way: "All numbers are junk. Only as a number represents a quantity of something or the nth something, is the number unique." And of course that's the post-Russell view. But I'm using the concept of "numbers as intrinsic entities" as a metaphor and also because they're cute little buggers. 183 even has personality, feminity and gall. I think you take as a position-paper something I intend to be about human nature. And admittedly, I've poured in some numerical mystique into this gold-making experament.
Re: a comment on Numbers In Heaven by Dovina	13-Mar-06/4:06 PM
What could you possibly mean? This is bunk! Every number is unique - that's obvious. and I KNOW what I am talking about, because I am 183 and proud.
Re: Settling in by INTRANSIT	13-Mar-06/3:11 PM
A good bed-time read until I come to emotional responses in your fixtures, "in approval" or "adoringly." I'm not sure I like a snooping floor.
Re: a comment on Numbers In Heaven by Dovina	13-Mar-06/3:04 PM
Yes, I admit a kind of love for old Plato. And don't quite see how this is the new thing "film-esque."
Re: a comment on Numbers In Heaven by Dovina	13-Mar-06/3:00 PM
Refering back to your original comment in this thread: I was impressed with the almost erotic delight Hobbs and Russell took in learning Euclid’s geometry. “As dazzling as first love!” So I took it one step further in giving life and emotion to numbers. Nothing special about 183; any odd number would do. Then it struck me that any high significance one attaches to one’s self eventually draws attention to the possibility of it not being true.
Re: a comment on Numbers In Heaven by Dovina	13-Mar-06/2:45 PM
re: “I think ‘eternally’ is just a junk word she thought would sound good.” For Number 183, who believes she was created in heaven, unique and useful to her creator, “eternity” is not a junk word. She will live forever, usefully serving her master and receiving pleasure from those who recognize her beauty and adore her. But at times, she feels that perhaps none of it is true, and just maybe she’s no more than a concoction, a useful idea. In those moments, she fears that “eternity” is a lie and a junk word. I suppose that given a couple years, maybe I’ll work my way up to Nietzsche and the modern philosophers who debunk the intrinsic value of numbers. For now I rather enjoy winning some of these disputes, as evidenced by no answer being given to my argument, but cries of “Blatherer!”, “Moron!”, like shrill barks of a small dog. But without this freedom in anonymity, it wouldn't be fun anymore would it?
Re: The Devil's Carnival by Ranger	13-Mar-06/8:19 AM
Well done with a difficult form. It's not entirely fair to point out story glitches in a vil, but indulge me. The girl begins crying, destraught. Then, in verse 3, she is merry. From there on, it flows well.
Re: We Do Not Write About by faithmairee	13-Mar-06/8:10 AM
I think it would be stronger using "I" instead of "we." Some people do write of what they don't know. To say that you do not, is really the only thing you can say.
Re: a comment on Numbers In Heaven by Dovina	13-Mar-06/8:03 AM
I haven't seen The Island. Thanks.
Re: Boundaries by Dhanesh M Kumar	13-Mar-06/8:01 AM
I don't get the first verse. The second verse picks up some catchy phrases and rhythm. Only the last two lines geve some clue on what you might be saying.
Re: Desolation by Beyond_Dreams	13-Mar-06/7:58 AM
Could do without so many uses of "my."