Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!mailrus!utah-gr!utah-cs!sunset.utah.edu!u-dmfloy From: u-dmfloy%sunset.utah.edu@utah-cs.UUCP (Daniel M Floyd) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: R.I.P. Byte Message-ID: <5716@utah-cs.UUCP> Date: 10 Sep 88 07:11:54 GMT References: <402@mfgfoc.UUCP> <674@proxftl.UUCP> <2596@sugar.uu.net> <5708@utah-cs.UUCP> <1435@ficc.uu.net> Sender: news@utah-cs.UUCP Reply-To: u-dmfloy%sunset.utah.edu.UUCP@utah-cs.UUCP (Daniel M Floyd) Organization: University of Utah, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 19 In article <1435@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <5708@utah-cs.UUCP>, u-dmfloy%sunset.utah.edu@utah-cs.UUCP > (Daniel M Floyd) writes: >> If the Info-World guy isn't with Info-World, our testimonials >> are prima-facia equal. >> If the guy is a staffer, then he can hardly be considered objective. > >Damned if he is and damned if he isn't, eh? Nope! I said in the first instance our testimonials carried equal weight in the argument. I don't consider myself damned in this case. Just the same weight in evidence. In the second case, he could have superior knowledge about Info-World and related items; however, his conclusions still cannot be considered ojective. That doesn't mean an objective person wouldn't arive at his conclusions. Are we clear on this now?