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On 05/03/2014 12:21, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
>
> Why the dig at physicists? I think most physicists would be able to
> tell you that the sum of all natural numbers is not -1/12. In fact
> most people with very little background in mathematics can tell you
> that.
>

I'll put that one to the test tomorrow morning when the bin men come 
round.  I fully expect them to dial 999 and ask that the paramedics are 
armed with plenty of sedatives.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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