I think maybe the key word in that definition,as far as Dr Chambers is concerned, is "specious."
-----Original Message----- From: Stan Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 October 2002 14:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Sophist (Re: Corresponding regression and two simple designed experiments) [cc'd to previous poster; follow-ups in newsgroup suggested] Simon, Steve, PhD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in sci.stat.edu: >That may make me a sophist, I'm not really sure--where is my dictionary? FYI, http://www.m-w.com/mw/netdict.htm is usually handy. (But after reading the definition, I don't know what Chambers was trying to convey by using the word. Maybe he was accusing you of being a philosopher and thinker?) -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cortland County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com "US-Germany relations slide to an all-time low" -- /Cortland Standard/ headline, 24 Sep 2002 I guess 1917-1918 and 1941-1945 don't count. . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . ================================================================= . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
