RE: OT: is zero a mathematically positive number?

Interestingly , the replies of Instructors reflect their way of teaching and
workbooks

Petr = His reply was exactly the way he writes the workbooks and his crazy
in-depth posts ;)

Scott = There is always the fun part

Narbik = Simple and to the point

Regards

Zeeshan

> Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 09:35:24 -0700
> Subject: Re: OT: is zero a mathematically positive number?
> From: narbikk_at_gmail.com
> To: way2ccie_at_googlemail.com
> CC: marc.a.laporte_at_gmail.com; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
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> To me, the zeros to the left of any number is negative, and to the right of
> the number is positive.
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Ravi Singh <way2ccie_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > A "0" in your CCIE score card is not positive, but a 0 (rather a
> > sequence of zeros ) after the default-information originate command is
> > positive. Similarly, a 0 in ospf priority is negative since it negates
> > the probability of being the DR .
> >
> > So for me 0 is perspective , not positive , negative or neutral.
> >
> > Ravi
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Marc La Porte<marc.a.laporte_at_gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Totally OT, but good fun I guess... just to get out mind off things ;-)
> > >
> > > I had a math teacher who was able to mathematically proof that 0 (zero)
> > is a
> > > positive number (meaning not neutral or negative). Obviously I cannot
> > > reproduce that, but...
> > >
> > > So, for all the math wizards out there (Petr?), amaze me with formulas
> > ;-)
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Marc
> > >
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