Re: An uncountable countable set

In article <453912c1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tony Orlow <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

David Marcus wrote:
Tony Orlow wrote:
David Marcus wrote:
Tony Orlow wrote:
Virgil wrote:
In article <4533d315@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Tony Orlow <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Then let us put all the balls in at once before the first is removed
and
then remove them according to the original time schedule.
Great! You changed the problem and got a different conclusion. How
very....like you.
Does TO claim that putting balls in earlier but taking them out as in
the original will result in fewer balls at the end?
If the two are separate events, sure.
Not sure what you mean by "separate events". Suppose we put all the
balls in at one minute before noon and take them out according to the
original schedule. How many balls are in the vase at noon?

empty.

Suppose we put ball n in at 1/n before noon and remove it at 1/(n+1)
before noon. How many balls in the vase at noon?


At all times >=-1 there will be 1 ball in the vase.

Which ball will that be at noon, TO?
.

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