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I could not use the term "semi-infinite" in my real analysis class and get away with it
by nontechdude1 8y ago
I could not use the term "semi-infinite" in my real analysis class and get away with it
- debt 8y agoI hope "semi-infinite" sees wider adoption in our lexicon.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoI’m partial to “infinite enough”.
- vidanay 8y agoI've always gone with "for really small values of infinite"
- logfromblammo 8y agoMe too. It marks someone as a person I can immediately feel superior to, without knowing anything else about them. I will continue to use "nigh-inexhaustible", and bandy it about with sesqui-infinite glee, from the tall saddle of my high horse.
- nontechdude1 8y agoim not trying to be anything. its a cnbc headline, not some kid writing a term paper. if you know the subject it should be a mediocre joke. why are you calling people elitist for math jokes on a programming forum??
- eindiran 8y agoI think GP's point is that there is no such thing as "semi-infinite" and thus they can feel superior to them for not understanding how infinite infinity is.
- stmfreak 8y agoClearly you did not study journalism.