Re: OT hypercube (was: Con-other)

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From: "John Vertical" <johnvertical@...>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 9:58 PM
To: <CONLANG@...>
Subject: Re: OT hypercube (was: Con-other)


> Curved volume is still somewhat understandable; I can just
> wrap my brains around the surface-less but closed hypersurface (volume) of
> a
> hypersphere - but how this then divides hyperspace into one open and one
> closed component, I'm just not seeing.
You're one up on me there - I understand the concept of what a hypersphere
should be, but if I try to think anywhere beyond, "oh yeah, a 4D sphere" my
brain just returns "> System Error.  Abort, Retry, Fail ?" before melting
and running out of my ears.

P.