Definition of infinity. Is infinity a "number"? No it's not. Discuss.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

[rug]

1. It's not much of a car either.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

2. Fasinating.

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

[rug]

4. Once and for all

a brazillion is Anna Nicole Smith's brassiere size.

Now give it a rest.

[bridgit]

3. infinity is a concept...

[rug]

5. Now don't try to turn this into a philosophical thread.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

6. Indeed. By definition it is a "number" so large that when divided

into another number it's ratiom or value, is zero.

[Whoa_Nelly]

7. Infinity is what I see

when looking at the stars in the nighttime sky, and the feeling of belonging to it is overwhelming; For a brief moment I cease to be myopic in my view of having an existential role in what came before my birth and what will happen after I no longer exist.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

10. And imagine. All you see keeps going on, and on, and on,....

[Whoa_Nelly]

11. ...and on, and on forever.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I must attend to the task of dispatching money in finite amounts, thus defining myself in limited space.

[WeRQ4U]

8. It's an unreachable destination

It's something numbers approach but never encounter.

[miss_kitty]

9. I need LSD to get down with the def of infinity

It's the only time I ever got it-in forward and reverse.

[billyskank]

12. Only someone who has studied mathematics to degree level

or higher is qualified to discuss the mathematical properties of infinity.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

13. I was almost there.

[Whoa_Nelly]

14. Well....

That's rather finite in describing the availability of infinity definitions.