New to Python: Features

[Frohnhofer, James]

I've always felt that the amount I care was an open set bounded below by zero,
and thus I could always care less (at least for any eps>0).  

(If N is the number of the posting in the thread, and h(N) is how much I care,
for N large enough, h(N) is a Cauchy sequence with accumulation point at
zero.)

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Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> wrote in message
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> I've always been curious about that phrase.  It seems to imply
> that you _do_ care, since it would be possible for you to care
> less than you do.  Shouldn't the expression be "I couldn't care
> less"?

This is in the alt.usage.english FAQ (the answer isn't particularly
satisfying):

http://www.english-usage.com/faq.html#fxcouldc
http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxcouldc.html (same text from
the newer FAQ on a much slower site)
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