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• To: Wendell Piez <wapiez@m...>
• Subject: RE: Draft US Government policyon XML Namespaces
• From: Sam Hunting <shunting@e...>
• Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:03:33 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <5.1.0.14.0.20030415124003.020ed160@e...>

Yes, but why is Zero necessary for theories? I'm serious! It seemed to me
that Len's posting was such a vivid and concise expression of a pwoerful
idea ... If only I udnerstood the idea!


> There was Zero; then the Arabs gave us "Zero".
> 
> "Form is emptiness; emptiness is form"
> 
> http://www.drba.org/heart_sutra_e.htm

"God gave us the integers; all else is the work of man."


> Regards,
> Wendell
> 
> At 12:07 PM 4/15/2003, Jack Park wrote:
> >What was the root of all theories before the Arabs gave us zero in the 
> >first place?
> 
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