Re: [OT] Standards

From	"Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: [OT] Standards
Date	2014-06-12 11:48 +0100
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on 11/06/2014 23:26:18, rickman wrote:
> 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?

[to Richard] Sometimes tautologies are useful. I think so in this case,
since there are those (and I know a few) that appear reasonable and sane
with their "ought" but end up (figuratively) foaming at the mouth and
insisting on "must".

>>
>>>
>>> /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... :)
> 

As they say in Standards Land; for the avoidance of doubt, I found it
funny too.

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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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