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Re: Darn those definitions -- ENDED
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 6 Aug 1999 20:12:22 GMT
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El Barista <caffiend@hotmail.SPAMLESScom>
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<HUGE SNIP, WE'RE TALKING 5 FOOT SCISSORS SNIP>
OK!! My original post was simply to say that calling it hydraulic is not
"false advertisement". Maybe misleading advertisement (isn't that
redundant?), but technically not false. I'll admit, I'm disappointed that
it's not a true liquid-based hydraulic piston. I didn't intend to start a
huge connotation vs. denotation or a "my dictionary is better than yours"
debate.
BTW, if anyone is curious, I got my definitions from www.dictionary.com
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Darn those definitions (was: The new Super Car)
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| (...) To pointlessly extend this discussion even further, here is what I get when I look up hydraulic: 15% webster hydraulic hy-drau-lic \h?^--'dro?-lik\ adj [L hydraulicus, fr. Gk hydraulikos, fr. hydraulis hydraulic organ, fr. hydr- + aulos reed (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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