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| From | rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: [OT] Standards |
| Date | 2014-06-11 18:26 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <lnal23$vpc$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 6/11/2014 5:32 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Alex McDonald wrote:
>> on 10/06/2014 12:02:52, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> http://xkcd.com/927/
>>>
>>
>> I'm not quite sure why you think standards are OT in this newsgroup.
>
> "Standards" ARE *NOT* 'ot'.
> My rather sarcastic opinion of some posters may be
> [esp when a cartoon strikes my "funny bone".]
>
> I hereby *SNIP* that which if I had not agreed with YOU in the first
> place I would not have posted a link to that _cartoon_ [ *without*
> comment ] in the first place.
>
>> The subject is more on-topic than most of the discourse here.
>
> AGREED!
>
>>
>> XKCD is wrong; the proposed 15th standard will never see the light of
>> day. Those who cry "There ought to be a standard/law/rule for this!"
>> generally demonstrate a lack of understanding and intolerance of
>> diversity.
>
> Tautology?
>
>>
>> /snip/
>>
>> Good standards do not set out to *impose* authoritarian solutions on the
>> rest of the world. These kinds of standards forbid, exclude and narrow.
>> Good standards do the opposite. They allow innovation and competition.
>
> !!! *AGREED* !!!
> (emphasis added)
>
> {In the realm of natural language, it is difference between
> "prescriptive" and "descriptive" grammarians.]
>
> If I've offended any, I apologize.
I thought it was funny... :)
--
Rick
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[OT] Standards Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2014-06-10 06:02 -0500
Re: [OT] Standards "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2014-06-10 15:31 +0100
Re: [OT] Standards Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2014-06-11 16:32 -0500
Re: [OT] Standards rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2014-06-11 18:26 -0400
Re: [OT] Standards "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2014-06-12 11:48 +0100
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