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Skriven 2006-12-24 16:28:01 av Jeff Smith (1:14/0)
  Kommentar till text 44746 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
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Hello Michiel.

24 Dec 06 15:56, you wrote to Ed Hulett:

 MV> Hello Ed!

 MV> On Sunday December 24 2006 08:18, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>>> When you get to a certain age you realise that time is the
 MvdV>>> only commodity that really matters as it is truly
 MvdV>>> irreplaceable. So I do not want to waste time. As a
 MvdV>>> consequence I stay away from things that are in all likehood
 MvdV>>> impossible.

 EH>> Wow, you really miss out a lot, don't you?

 MV> On the contrary. Steering away from the impossible gives me time to
 MV> enjoy things that *are* within reach.

    I think a more accurate way of stating it would be that you choose to
steer away from those tasks that you have decided that you cannot accomplish
and direct your efforts toward tasks that you think are more within reach.

    The operative terms are "decided" and "think". The tasks are not
impossible. You have just decided that you can not achieve them.


 MvdV>>> And believe it or not many things *are* impossible.

 EH>> Nothing is impossible.

 MV> Utter nonsense.

     Nonsense. Just because you or I don't have the ability or knowledge
to do such things today doesn't mean that such things are impossible. Many
of the things that people consider as commonplace today were thought of as
*IMPOSSIBLE* not too many years ago.

     Nothing is impossible. Even you and I becoming friends isn't
impossible. <g>


 MV> - You can not determine both the speed and the position of a
 MV>   particle with arbitrary precision.
 MV> - You can not go faster than light.
 MV> - You can not go back in time.
 MV> - You can not fit a 4 mm peg into a 3 mm hole.
 MV> - You can not be in two places at the same time.
 MV> - You can not live forever.
 MV> - You can not put two fermions in the same quantum state.
 MV> - You can not climb out of a black hole.
 MV> - You can not have the cake and eat it too.
 MV> - You can not divide an angle in three using only compass and ruler.
 MV> - You can not count the number of points on a straight line.
 MV> - You can not prove that Goldbach's conjecture can not be proven.
 MV> - You can not disprove Fermat's last theorem.
 MV> - You cab not lift a 1 meter platinum cube with human bare hands only.
 MV> - You cab not breathe in a vacuum.
 MV> - You can not outrun an elephant.
 MV> - You cab not force the horse to drink, although you can lead it to
 MV> water.

 MV> The list is endless.


     And irrevalent. Lists of impossible tasks are just limits that we
choose to place upon ourselves.


 EH>>>>>> I'm sure someone more creative than me in that area could
 EH>>>>>> come up with something.

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 MV> Cheers, Michiel

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Jeff

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