Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: American State Boundaries<br/>
Date: May 08, 2003 @ 10:30<br/>
Author: Brian J. Butler (Brian J. Butler &lt;bjbutler@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-426088586"><blockquote><span title="qreply">On Thursday 08 May 2003 02:07 am, you wrote:<br/>
I seriously doubt that anyone has attempted to measure the length of the <br/>
Ellis Island boundary.  Why would they?  Estimating and marking its position <br/>
has value but determining its length is purely academic.<br/>
<br/>
Your analogy to the &quot;angels on a pin&quot; argument made me realize that your <br/>
devotion to the &quot;definite length theory for fractal boundaries&quot; is a matter <br/>
of faith for you, and is therefore impervious to logic.  Would you agree?<br/>
<br/>
&gt; Please let&#39;s not have the &quot;how many angels can dance on the head of htis<br/>
&gt; pin&quot; discussion again. We can and do measure natural borders, and we don&#39;t<br/>
&gt; need an electron microscope to do it. They did measure around the presumed<br/>
&gt; 1934 low water line on Ellis Island and there is a length to it. It is<br/>
&gt; really silly to say that a river that courses, e.g., 10 miles must be<br/>
&gt; regarded as infinite in shorelineand equal to the Nile. </span></blockquote></div>