Ooops! That should read "NON-zero-sum game." Sorry.
(Where's Freud when ya' need him, eh?)
-Prof. Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Rhodes <proftim@speakeasy.org>
To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: virus: Faith and Reason
>Reed wrote:
>
>>David wrote:
>>>This game is this conversation. If you want to remain in the game
>>>when you are the only one talking, I guess that is your prerogative.
>>
>>Oh, I see your point now. Yes, you're right...the game ends if
>>there is only one participant.
>
>Although that doesn't mean that the lone remaining participant (not to be
>confussed with the "winner", for this is zero-sum game, after all) can't or
>won't continue talking to thin air at great length. Or so it seems.
>
>-Prof. Tim
>