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On Tue, 23 May 2000, chuck wrote:
>Robin Faichney wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 23 May 2000, chuck wrote:
>> >Robin Faichney wrote:
>> >
>> >> That claim of yours was refuted, Chuck -- shown to rest upon the conflation
>> >> of "useless" with "unnecessary".
>> >>
>> >
>> >Sorry, Robin, but you're wrong on this. You haven't paid careful attention to the
>> >context. As I remember, you actually deleted it rather than read it.
>>
>> Don't know exactly what "it" refers to there, but I clearly remember your claim
>> that Blackmore said the Windows OS and fax machines are useless, unsupported by
>> detailed citations. And someone then supplied such cites, proving she said not
>> that they're useless, but that they're unnecessary. And you responded saying
>> that amounted to the same thing! Have I really got that wrong? Or are you
>> trying to cover your tracks?
>
>Yes, you have it wrong, but I doubt if there would be any way I could invent to tell
>you why.
>
>Take care and keep hitting the philosophy of science books :)
Covering your tracks, then. Fair enough.
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