Re: IBM sales/earnings...

Richard is just confused. The original comment said ":sum of its factors",
and Richard was musing about "product of its factors". But in these days
where we are bombarded with FUZZY MATH dealing with trillions (or
was that gazillions?), who cares?

----- Original Message -----
From: <D.BALE@handleman.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 8:16 AM
Subject: RE: IBM sales/earnings...


> What the HECK are you talking about???  Is this NEW MATH or what???  Or
maybe
> it's just that I never took a philosphy course in college?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 7 is most definitely the product of its factors, like every other whole
> number.  However, it is a little sad - there are only two of them.
>
> Richard Jackson
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> -|-----Original Message-----
> -|From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> -|[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Joel Fritz
> -|Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 5:36 PM
> -|To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> -|Subject: RE: IBM sales/earnings...
> -|
> -|
> -|Is that a reference to Chapter 7, or 7 not being the sum of its factors,
> -|or...?
> -|
> -|> -----Original Message-----
> -|> From: Don [mailto:dr2@cssas400.com]
> -|> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 12:34 PM
> -|> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> -|> Subject: Re: IBM sales/earnings...
> -|>
> -|>
> -|>
> -|>
> -|> Al,
> -|>
> -|> this is true, and if they keep this great management philsophy in full
> -|> force, they'll get to see just how perfect the number 7 really is...:)
> -|>
> -|> Don
> -|>
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