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From: "Robin Faichney" <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: Now They're Singing a Different Song
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 08:21:45AM -0500, Aaron Agassi wrote:
> >
> > > Diesel is only a special case of vehicle fuel in general. But I'm
> > > careful not to put it in my petrol tank, even so. Sometimes
distinctions
> > > are useful.
> > >
> > Special cases are a different distinction than category.
>
> Please explain the relevant difference. Why is it useful to
> distinguish between difference types of vehicle fuel, and not
> useful to distinguish between different types of replicator?
>
Who said it wasn't?
> --
> Robin Faichney
> robin@reborntechnology.co.uk
>
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