On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:51:14 -0800, Charles Mills wrote:

>For the record let me say I was not dinging the OP for being a nitpicker. No 
>such implication was intended. It just seemed that the question itself was 
>unanswerable.
>
>I have a friend who used to be the systems programming manager for a large 
>retailer. When his people would come to him with questions like "why does the 
>Binder wrap certain lines at 84 columns?" he would say 
>
>Let's split that question into two parts to make it simpler. Why? That's a 
>question that philosophers have struggled with for years and have never come 
>up with an answer. And does the Binder wrap certain lines at 84 columns? The 
>answer to that question is Yes.
>
I think he was imitating Prof. Irwin Corey, the "World's Foremost Authority".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHlLmYVCzKY

Bill

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