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- From: pcl@oxford.ac.uk (Paul Leyland)
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- Subject: Re: Digital News and Review's irresponsible attitude
- Message-ID: <PCL.92Sep8124406@black.oxford.ac.uk>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 11:44:06 GMT
- References: <1992Aug25.160634.24548@socrates.umd.edu> <6094@npri6.npri.com>
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- In-reply-to: richard@npri6.npri.com's message of 7 Sep 92 15:23:31 GMT
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- In article <6136@npri6.npri.com> richard@npri6.npri.com (Richard Head) writes:
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- It isn't a big deal. It's just Stupid. When you buy a car, do you want
- to hear how many miles per imperial gallon it gets? When you buy a battery
- for your car, do you want to know how many fortnights it will last? Stupid.
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- Speaking as a citizen of the Empire, the answer is "yes" to the first.
- A factor-of-three estimate for the second would be helpful. Division
- by 26 of the answer isn't really that hard.
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- Paul
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