Re: Infinity......

Robert Maas, see http://tinyurl.com/uh3t wrote:

That statement is so grossly wrong it's hard to know where to begin
in explaining what's wrong with it. Odd and even apply only to
integers. There are lots of other kinds of numbers. You ever heard
of rational numbers, or square roots, or E or PI or the imaginary
number I? None of those numbers are odd or even.

Well, actually a lot of rational numbers are odd or even,
but your point to the other poster (not worth repeating)
is still valid. (Well, I agree with it, at least.)

Dave L. Renfro

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