Subject: Re: Offshoot query
Date: Mar 28, 2002 @ 22:39
Author: lnadybal ("lnadybal" <lnadybal@...>)
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Ooohkay.
Let me rephrase the question: Are there two pieces of Brunei really
separated by Malaysia, or is Brunei one piece of land, some of which
is submerged?
LN




--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "acroorca2002" <orc@o...> wrote:
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "lnadybal" <lnadybal@c...> wrote:
> > Are the two pieces of Brunei really separated by Malaysia, or are
> they
> > perhaps connected by territorial seas?
>
> both to be sure
>
>
> but what was this entire reiterative offshoot discussion about
>
> claves if by land but not if by sea this time around
> & well but what exactly do we mean by if by
> etc etc
>
> ok but we could streamline & simplify it & all subsequent
> reiterations by just realizing once & for all that things & their
> shapes are by nature & very commonly either continuous or
> discontinuous
> & only in very rare really interesting cases like jungholz are they
> both at once
>
> indeed thats the only situation where punctology enters into
clavology
> or of course if a clave happens to have a gratuitous tripoint like
> cabinda
> but otherwise this discussion is another try of sorts & so to that
> extent it sorta fits in here but it is not about pointing at all
>
> oh yes & remember too you may or may not be counting water as real
> estate in your tries depending on your taste
> but water is really just as real as dry land
> again speaking punctologically at least
>
> m