Recent content by MisterTrilby

Hahahaha! I'll tell him that! I get the impression that the argument isn't just about who owns which atoms, but he's unwilling to elaborate on the case.

While the line itself is 'imaginary', there is still a definite point at which one is in one country and not in another. Another example might be the equator: there is no real line, but the part of the planet closest to the sun is a real place.

I want to know because a friend of mine is a lawyer, and this had come up in a recent case. I came up with my own answer, but it opened up more questions, as so often happens. The more you know, the less you know! And the pursuit of knowledge is an end in itself. I didn't realize that...

At what point does an atom cross an international border, and can it exist on the cusp, not in either country? I would say that the border, not being a material object as such, is infinitesimally thin. So the atom can't possibly be as thin as the border, therefore there will be a time at...