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Re: what is this folow up thingy?
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Date: 
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 23:12:54 GMT
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Matthew Miller wrote in message ...

" The essential difference between cars and computers
being that computers have problems constantly --or at
least their users do. The user interface is a lot more involved.)

Agreed!

But I hope my point is not lost in the use of the car analogy.  The  analogy
is not central, and I hope it does not distract from what I was trying to
stress (last paragraphs).  It is my fault for including unnecessary text.
But I think you understood what I was saying regardless.

I decided to post this quick; before this thread turned into a debate on the
comparison of car to computer repair.  The analogy could have been wholly
left out of my statement.

LINC



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(...) _I_ take a strange sort of pride in my lack of car repair knowledge. Filthy beasts. (But I agree with your point about helping other people. I understand Mike too though -- it was very annoying all trhoughout high school and college to go over (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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