top | item 3543457 (no title) rufibarbatus | 14 years ago Next up: a list of lists that do not contain themselves(Punchline drumroll.) discuss order hn newest neilk|14 years ago It's been on Wikipedia for years:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_which_do_not_incl...And it actually does something useful. dctoedt|14 years ago > (Punchline drumroll)I believe the musical term is "sting" -- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(percussion) kwamenum86|14 years ago Ha. That's actually pretty funny. To state the obvious: that's impossible. If the list omits itself, it's incomplete. It it includes itself, it's invalid. lsb|14 years ago Thanks, Bertrand, for clearing that up.
neilk|14 years ago It's been on Wikipedia for years:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_which_do_not_incl...And it actually does something useful.
dctoedt|14 years ago > (Punchline drumroll)I believe the musical term is "sting" -- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(percussion)
kwamenum86|14 years ago Ha. That's actually pretty funny. To state the obvious: that's impossible. If the list omits itself, it's incomplete. It it includes itself, it's invalid. lsb|14 years ago Thanks, Bertrand, for clearing that up.
neilk|14 years ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_which_do_not_incl...
And it actually does something useful.
dctoedt|14 years ago
I believe the musical term is "sting" -- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_(percussion)
kwamenum86|14 years ago
lsb|14 years ago