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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Don't let the Amiga Die (Part II)!!!
- Message-ID: <jbickers.0m4o@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
- From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
- Date: 27 Dec 92 19:29:07 PST
- References: <jbickers.0m06@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec26.204912.14405@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- Organization: TAP
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- Quoted from <1992Dec26.204912.14405@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> by jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel):
- > John Bickers (jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
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- > : > Come on, Peter -- that's a bit cynical. I can show you several OS books
- > : > which consider DOS an OS.
- > :
- > : And this is really naive. I can show you several magic books which
- > : consider magic to be real.
-
- > It's all a matter of definition, isn't it? The think I find annoying is that
- > you think that *your* definition is the only one that matters.
-
- I think to you it IS just a matter of definition. The extent to
- which you shift your choice of definitions around is what makes
- your arguments a waste of time.
-
- It's sort of like two people arguing about the merits of planes
- and helicopters, then a third person starts arguing about the
- definition of "fly".
-
- > | JERRY J. SHEKHEL | Molecular Simulations Inc. | Time just fades the pages |
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