Hello Donna;
Rest assured, I am not annoyed.
The SPCDH acronym is actually used? I thought I just made that up.
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From: "dly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General forum" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 2:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] significant digits
In the appendix of The Ghost in the Machine (1967 Koestler) is a
prediction that academics would say of this thesis — "Mr Koestler, I
am afraid, is flogging a dead horse" and he inferred the existence of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Dead Horses (SPCDH) who
were on a mission to discourage in depth discussion of fine points
and in general to prevent the flogging of dead horses.
I hope my sometimes facetious commentary brings laughter rather than
annoyance.
Donna
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On 1-Jul-06, at 3:57 AM, Randy MacDonald wrote:
Personally, I consider beating a dead horse an act of futility rather
than cruelty, but I hope you don't consider these forums, a place for all
things J, to be an SPCDH
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