tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post1404190441451720434..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: The pigeonhole principleBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-88628254927138558652010-07-25T15:07:41.448-07:002010-07-25T15:07:41.448-07:00Seems to me the problem is that there are only fou...Seems to me the problem is that there are only four holes -- which can be called "jobs" or "food" or any of the resources needed to survive -- and five or six, maybe eight pegs -- who I like to call "people." Some of those pegs aren't motivated to take up a hole, or they need help getting over to one. Austerityan economists would say "Sweep those pegs off the table. They're not productive. We don't need them." But here's the secret I'd be screaming at the end of the book: "Swept-off pegs is people!"Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-522237100644526462010-07-24T08:59:37.837-07:002010-07-24T08:59:37.837-07:00Since we are bounded by zeros, I have to say that ...Since we are bounded by zeros, I have to say that 0's are in an oversupply situation.<br /><br />It's 1's that we don't have enough of.<br /><br />Who know it could be so simple?<br /><br />Cheers!<br />JzB<br /><br />P.S. Here's the hard part about math. The number 1, which has all the characteristics of a prime, is not a prime. Riddle me that, Penguin.<br /><br />http://jazzbumpa.blogspot.com/2010/07/what-hell-friday-on-primacy-of-number-1.htmlJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-68555731580378136092010-07-23T09:57:26.194-07:002010-07-23T09:57:26.194-07:00Surely the point of the non-mathematical theory is...Surely the point of the non-mathematical theory is that it can't be disproved, making it the perfect policy tool of the neo-liberals. <br /><br />Or am I just stating the obvious? <br /><br />Also, don't you have a job (I don't)?<br /><br />Just to be clear, I'm not serious about that last part.dah_sabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02600893678085625549noreply@blogger.com