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Re: Play old MID(I) files? (OT)

Date 2014-07-21 07:59 -0700
From Ant <ant@zimage.comANT>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Play old MID(I) files? (OT)
References (3 earlier) <c30ku2F6m86U1@mid.individual.net> <qsudnb0XgbrWMlbOnZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d@earthlink.com> <do_ray_me-4DC4F5.23040320072014@aioe.org> <1sWdnRslM8HuJVHOnZ2dnUVZ_o6dnZ2d@earthlink.com> <do_ray_me-D0E6EE.19250221072014@aioe.org>
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On 7/21/2014 2:25 AM PT, dorayme typed:

>> "Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of
>> men." --Mortimer J. Adler
>
> Why quote something so demonstrably false? Horses hardly engage in the
> pursuit of ideas, they don't behave like ants. Why should humans?
>
> And, bbtw, why the "--" before the "Mortimer"?

Isn't double (dashe/hyphen)s the part for showing the source for the quote?
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Play old MID(I) files? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-19 10:37 -0700
  Re: Play old MID(I) files? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-19 13:56 -0400
    Re: Play old MID(I) files? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-19 11:36 -0700
  Re: Play old MID(I) files? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-19 19:00 +0000
    Re: Play old MID(I) files? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-19 12:40 -0700
    Re: Play old MID(I) files? billy@MIX.COM - 2014-07-20 00:07 +0000
      Re: Play old MID(I) files? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-20 01:39 +0000
        Re: Play old MID(I) files? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-20 05:00 -0700
          Re: Play old MID(I) files? dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-07-20 23:04 +1000
            Re: Play old MID(I) files? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-20 23:51 -0700
              Re: Play old MID(I) files? dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-07-21 19:25 +1000
                Re: Play old MID(I) files? (OT) Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-21 07:59 -0700
                Re: Play old MID(I) files? (OT) gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2014-07-21 12:43 -0700
                Re: Play old MID(I) files? (OT) Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-22 00:05 -0700
                Re: Play old MID(I) files? (OT) dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-07-22 09:05 +1000
                Re: Play old MID(I) files? (OT) Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-22 00:07 -0700
                Re: Play old MID(I) files? (OT) dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-07-22 17:53 +1000
                Re: Play old MID(I) files? (OT) David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2014-07-22 09:49 -0500
                Re: Play old MID(I) files? (OT) Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-22 15:00 +0000
                Re: Play old MID(I) files? (OT) dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-07-23 08:45 +1000
  Re: Play old MID(I) files? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-19 22:10 +0000

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