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  1. Xref: sparky sci.philosophy.tech:3956 sci.physics:18414 sci.skeptic:19200
  2. Newsgroups: talk.philospohy.misc,sci.philosophy.tech,sci.physics,sci.skeptic
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!psych.toronto.edu!christo
  4. From: christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green)
  5. Subject: Re: Measurement & Precision
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov8.170826.18538@psych.toronto.edu>
  7. Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
  8. References: <1992Nov2.043143.24298@augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.AU> <1992Nov7.180042.18845@rosevax.rosemount.com>
  9. Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 17:08:26 GMT
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  12. In article <1992Nov7.180042.18845@rosevax.rosemount.com> grante@aquarius.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards) writes:
  13. >dabbott@augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.AU (Derek Abbott) writes:
  14. >
  15. >: Imagine you are a stone age philosopher. All you have are your big
  16. >: chunky stone tools to work with to engineer with for everyday life.
  17. >
  18. >First, Philosopher's should abstain from making engineering decisions
  19. >without any experience or education upon which to base such decisions.
  20. >
  21. Second, engineers should learn the difference between plurals and possessives.
  22. :-)
  23.  
  24. -- 
  25. Christopher D. Green                christo@psych.toronto.edu
  26. Psychology Department               cgreen@lake.scar.utoronto.ca
  27. University of Toronto
  28. Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A1
  29.