The ultimate Question of the Day ... just what IS Infinity, anyway? (Page 3): Dik ... sounds like you've found a way to limit infinity on your camera ... Now, then

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

Dikdik wrote:

Think of infinity as a 'never ending distance/obje... (show quote)

Dik ... sounds like you've found a way to limit infinity on your camera ...

Now, then - on that fanciful stove with an infinite temperature variable index .... it sounds to me like that's a fire waiting to happen ... don't go NEAR it!

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

dsmeltz wrote:

Infinity is an estimate of the number of topics Chris T is likely to this year.

BINGO, DS !!!!

You've hit the nail, on the head!!!!

Give the man a Kewpie Doll!

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

ebbote wrote:

When all the stars and planets are destroyed and not even a speck of dust is left, what you got is infinity, the only thing infinite is space, nothing else.

Oh, yes ... The Importance of Being Earnest ... is a clever play, with an infinite number of interpretations ...

Space is unlimited ... yes ... and so is a Black Hole ....

Infinity is a way of defining that which is unlimited ....

Not sure how stars and planets - and their ultimate destruction? ... figures in, though, Earnest ... as important as that may seem to you ....

Dust is dust ... and yes, that can be infinite, too ...

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

Bozsik wrote:

You are either too young, or way too old if you don't know who Buzz is.

Or, it could be, David ... Buzz and I - have never crossed paths, or - traveled the same paths, either ....

Which all brings to mind ... probably - all paths are infinite in number, too ....

jeffkempton

Infinity is the furthest one can rotate the focus ring in that direction without damaging the lens.

DTran

An Infinity is some where between the bottom of the line around $35,000 to near $100,000.

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

mkaplan519 wrote:

What I love is most lenses can focus past infinity... The future? Another earth? Another galaxy?

They can, can they, Plan?

How many lenses do YOU have, with this capability?

Which ones are they, Plan?

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

jeffkempton wrote:

Infinity is the furthest one can rotate the focus ring in that direction without damaging the lens.

And once you turn it too far, Jeff ... you've not only damaged the lens - but you've passed Infinity ????

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

DTran wrote:

An Infinity is some where between the bottom of the line around $35,000 to near $100,000.

Oh, I like this one, D ... assigning dollar values to a concept ....

So, for you, D ... the bottom line of Infinity is $35,000 and the top line is $100,000 ....

Now, wait ... Infinity - is infinite ... you can't assign a top-dollar value to it ... then, it no longer is infinite ...

Make sense, D?

jeffkempton

Chris T wrote:

And once you turn it too far, Jeff ... you've not only damaged the lens - but you've passed Infinity ????

Whatever it takes to keep Buzz in focus.

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

SpikeW wrote:

To see the world in a grain of sand,
And heven in a wild flower.
To hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
Explains everything.

Is this your work, Spike?

As a poem - it's really nice work ...

But, conceptually - it fails on two points ....

1) Infinity cannot be held in the palm of your hand.

2) Eternity cannot be capsulized in an hour.

Like Infinity ... Eternity - has no cap ....

However, you CAN see the world in a grain sand - if you want ....

AND - you can see all of Heaven - in a wild flower ....

But, then - these are all fantasies of the mind ... in your mind, you can make ANYTHING happen ....

Infinity .... and Eternity, too ... are scientific terms ... they cannot be applied to fantasies ...

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Chris, the destruction of the universe is not important to me at all, the point is that space is and will always be here, infinitely. According to some scientists, black holes have never been proven to exist, like all science, it is a theory. According to scientists space was devoid of any matter, even dust
eons ago, everything came from nothing, another theory that doesn't make sense.

Chris T wrote:

Oh, yes ... The Importance of Being Earnest ... is a clever play, with an infinite number of interpretations ...

Space is unlimited ... yes ... and so is a Black Hole ....

Infinity is a way of defining that which is unlimited ....

Not sure how stars and planets - and their ultimate destruction? ... figures in, though, Earnest ... as important as that may seem to you ....

Dust is dust ... and yes, that can be infinite, too ...

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

dennis2146 wrote:

I would ask Buzz Lightyear but I don't see him around at the moment. Of course he thinks there is, To infinity and beyond. How far is beyond though? Good question.

Dennis

Dennis ... I suspect that equation would make more sense if it read ... beyond - all the way to infinity ....

Since - beyond ... needs an object (for it to BE beyond) ... whereas - infinity - has no end ... so beyond infinity - doesn't make a whole lotta sense!

Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England

Dikdik wrote:

My eyesight is failing, so there's little to be gained from squinting beyond infinity... maybe best to set that as the 'farthest limit'.

Dik

You can set your eyes at - farthest limit, can you, Dik?

Where is this setting, exactly?

DTran

Chris T wrote:

Oh, I like this one, D ... assigning dollar values to a concept ....

So, for you, D ... the bottom line of Infinity is $35,000 and the top line is $100,000 ....

Now, wait ... Infinity - is infinite ... you can't assign a top-dollar value to it ... then, it no longer is infinite ...

Make sense, D?

Oh I am talking about the Infinity cars Chris!