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|    Lin Stowlay to Skeeter    |
|    Re: ????Savage Axis II 22-250???? (3/3)    |
|    01 Dec 25 21:10:32    |
      [continued from previous message]              >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= Are you well-skilled at determining people's       education levels through       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= reading their posts on the USENET?       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= If       your posts are an accurate indication, your education level is       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= on par       with a ninth grader's level. I do admit it is possible you've       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= been       pretending the whole time. And the reality that fire is hot       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= is       something even someone with a ninth grade education should be able       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= to       accept.       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= I have no argument with your tautology       that fire is hot.       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= I generally write for a general audience,       which is around 8-9th- grade       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= level. Note that in 2nd grade, I was       reading at a 12th-grade level.       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= It doesn't matter -- what matters is that       I put down words in a row,       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= and you understand them. (Usually.) Had       to learn that, because my       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= writing used to be rather thick.       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= With regard to "pretend to X" -- as I       said, "X" in those cases are not       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= place names, but domains, contracts, and       so forth.       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= For example, the Duke of Bilgewater could       "pretend to Bridgewater",       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= meaning he is _claiming_ to be the Duke       of Bridgewater. Or, he could       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= "pretend to Denmark", meaning he claims       to be the authority over the       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= _domain_ of Denmark.       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= But for "pretend to Ohio" implies you       claim to be the governor of Ohio,       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= which is way off from what he meant:        that you claimed to _come from_       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= Ohio. (Which, incidentally, I don't       remember you ever doing, but that       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= is beside the point.)       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= Care to guess mine? (Hint: I know it says       "Doc" in my handle, but I'm       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= actually not a doctor. Big woop, wanna fight       about it? ;) )       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=        One's nym is merely one's nym. My last name is not Benito. I think       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= it was       you who used Kenito Benito, which is where I got the nym. I still       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= like it.       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= I don't remember using that moniker, but       I don't remember a lot of what       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= I write on Usenet.       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= I have learned, though, a goodly amount       of the not-so-fine art of       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= "prompt engineering" -- which includes       spelling things out to an       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?= infernal machine in excruciating detail...       >>> =?UTF-8?B?8J+Ps++4j+KAjfCfjIg=?=       >>>       >>> |
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