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Sandman
SubjectRe: Will Tony apologize?? (was: Re: Colonial Photo & Hobby)
FromSandman
Date04/29/2014 16:56 (04/29/2014 16:56)
Message-ID<slrnllvfii.d70.mr@irc.sandman.net>
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Newsgroupsrec.photo.digital
FollowsTony Cooper
FollowupsTony Cooper (46m) > Sandman
Eric Stevens (9h & 20m) > Sandman

In article <dsdvl9p85jsg36cufb4op9vv09geo43qke@4ax.com>, Tony Cooper wrote:

Tony Cooper
but - in no way - substantiates that there is a "standard".

Sandman
Here comes Andreas worst enemy - the dictionary:

standard noun 2 an idea or thing used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations

Tony Cooper
Yes, and some feel that the Forte's Agent is the measure to which others should be held.

And some people think Colonial is a huge camera store. That doesn't make it a standard. A standard is something that can be measured against. One item is not something you can measure against, at least not in the context of the word "standard".

More definitions:

standard used or accepted as normal or average - (of a size, measure, design, etc.) such as is regularly used or produced; not special or exceptional: all these doors come in a range of standard sizes.

Again, have an adult explain it to you.

The definition you've chosen allows any newsreader to be the "standard" to which others are compared.

Only to an illiterate clown.

What you have implied is that there is some official standard that Agent does not conform with. You have yet to substantiate that.

Classic unsubstantiated claim.

You throw out dictionary definitions as if they prove your case, but - in fact - the ones you choose do anything but that.

Incorrect. It's not like I expected you to understand them, they're not from your clown dictionary, that have this definition:

standard noun - anything Andreas Skitsnack wants it to mean, as long as it doesn't agree with anything in a real dictionary and is the exact opposite of what Sandman is saying

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