Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Offshoot query
Date: Mar 29, 2002 @ 03:23
Author: David Mark (David Mark <dmark@...>)
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The entire earth's crust is "one piece of land, some of which is
submerged".

David

On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, lnadybal wrote:

> 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
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> --- 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?
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> > both to be sure
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> > but what was this entire reiterative offshoot discussion about
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> > claves if by land but not if by sea this time around
> > & well but what exactly do we mean by if by
> > etc etc
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> > 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
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> > 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
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