From: Alex Ferguson (alex@dcs.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Wed 31 Jan 1996 - 01:13:58 EET
Peter M.:
Peter, could you clarify if you're quoting or paraphrasing some source
> Five is Truth according to the Yelmists.
here, or making one of your Unchecked Assertions? (Not that I
object to either, but it might be handy to know which is which.) Is
this tFS type stuff?
Five does, though, sound to me like a "nice" number for DHn purposes;
As I recall, The Elevens are some sort of DHn Spetnaz, or so some
it's a factor of ten, and fits in with the sort of Pythagorean
Mystic Numerological Stuff that the 'Happans might well buy into.
throw-away line in GRAY seems to imply. Also there are all those
Yelmic dates which have implausible numbers of 1-digits, such as
111,111YS. Whether these are wholly Good or Bad connotations isn't
quite so clear, however.
Alex.
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