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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (250914)	7/17/2003 7:29:16 PM
From: UnBelievable	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

But Didn't You Hear - It Was All Peter Fishers Fault

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (250914)	7/17/2003 11:58:15 PM
From: Tom M	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Patron, Re:"If she's a witch...", Python again before us all: cs.uidaho.edu >>"Throw her in the pond!" someone cries. If she floats she's a witch: Instead, they proceed with logic and experimentation. Witches float because they are made of -- wood! Anything heavier wouldn't float, so they need only compare the woman's weight to the weight of something made of wood. What is made of wood? Well, what else floats? A duck. So a duck is made of wood. If she is heavier than a duck, then she is not a witch. The balance is set up, the accused witch argues loudly that she should get to remove her nose, since it is a carrot and not part of her. She is set in the balance opposite the duck, and the scene ends as the duck sinks and she rises. It's hilarious. It's also an interesting and amusing context to examine what is "legal" and valid when applying the rules of logic to draw conclusions, and what can go wrong when the rules are misapplied. >> Many Python script sites have been zapped because I think they're too easy comparison to the powers that be. As it was then, so it is now?