The Invention of the Zero

Before the invention of the zero, even when something was free, you still had to pay a penny for it.


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  1. dumpster Avatar
    dumpster

    dKo:
    I was about to say that your whimsy is a glimmer of light in these dark times (good thing I strenuously avoid cliches), which seem particularly dark after a few minutes watching as much as I could take of the Fox News crew dismissing torture at Guantanamo.
    But then I saw the timestamp. What the heck is Kolodney doing up at 5:30 in the morning? Milking cattle? Or are you posting from another timezone?

  2. David Kolodney Avatar
    David Kolodney

    Well, they say that “Rust Never Sleeps”–or Neil Young says it anyhow.
    But now you’ve set me off into Zero-Whimsy Recidivism. (See next post above.)