On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:40:34 -0700
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#> Scott David Daniels wrote:
#> > Would you say that envelope containing five $100 bills is equal to
#> > an envelope containing five $100 bills with different serial numbers?
#> Yes (unless I was testing the assertion that the second envelope did
#> not contain counterfeits of the first)
So, what if Bank of America later decided that bills with serial
numbers containing "7" are no longer valid?
In other word, *if* you assume equality must be preserved by future
modifications, than no two different (modifiable) objects can ever be
really equal.
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