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Article #1951Re: Why the oceans are salty?
From: $teve (vrml3d.com)
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 01:29
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 01:29
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Steve <bozone@ripco.com> wrote in message news:3BB8C8DA.9D9A3F57@ripco.com... > > > Professor Vonroach wrote: [snip] > > -ahem- > > After extensive contempation in the spirit of the father of the field of > semantics, Alfred Korzybski, I have decided upon amending the previous > statement to read, "subjectively salty." I am quite aware that no > quantity of water may be said to be salt-free, rather, that we may only > assign a probability to the likelihood of finding a salt molecule > therein. I am also quite aware that consciousness of minutiae does not > necessarily preclude its omission, usually with an eye toward referring > to an object or event in a less cumbersome and (subjectively) meaningful way. Amen, brother. --$teve
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a12a,8e015d674e32a90c X-Google-Attributes: gid10a12a,public X-Google-Thread: 10e835,8e015d674e32a90c X-Google-Attributes: gid10e835,public X-Google-Thread: 103916,8e015d674e32a90c X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-Thread: 107d03,8e015d674e32a90c X-Google-Attributes: gid107d03,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,8e015d674e32a90c X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-01 18:17:03 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail From: "$teve (vrml3d.com)" <comments@vrml3d.com> Newsgroups: ny.general,dc.general,chi.general,la.general,tx.general Subject: Re: Why the oceans are salty? Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 21:29:34 -0400 Lines: 26 Message-ID: <9pb4i4$8vj$1@bob.news.rcn.net> References: <7cffa2b0.0109300950.1cf1174@posting.google.com> <3BB786AC.E374BE14@ripco.com> <3bc858a1.6941048@NNTP.ix.netcom.com> <3BB8C8DA.9D9A3F57@ripco.com> X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVYG02KefGTi7MRR8pNCLR0NnJztimxkzXe324XJrkviaPLyRJQos8YP X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Oct 2001 01:16:52 GMT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Priority: 3 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal