| A strange loop.
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| A strange loop.
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Bad LogicLet me make an argument, and let's see if it holds up:
I can create a document on modern word processing software that is a very close match (at first glance) to a document made on a 30-year old high-end typesetting machine that looks like a typewriter; therefore,
if document A matches document B, and document B was made on modern word processing software with its default fonts, margins and so forth, then document A must have been made on a 30-year old high-end typesetting machine.
In other words, if A can reproduce B, then B can reproduce A. It's just nonsense., and it's a shame that our schools have gotten so bad that the PC Magazine authors did not immediately realize that the argument was nonsense.
I would have been more impressed if they'd attempted to make the same document that CBS presented, but even so they have failed to match the documents, once the slightest investigation is attempted.
Why are Jeffs' the only opinions published ??
Posted by: Thomas Paine on September 17, 2004 03:04 PMWell, there are three authors on this blog. I am one (it's my site, my server, my design, etc), another is my brother Brian, and another is a friend who will currently remain nameless. I post all of the time. Brian posts occasionally, but does not have good internet connectivity from his home right now, and the other author hasn't yet decided to post anything, so I've left him completely off the site for the moment.
However, you will find other people's opinions also, in the comments. And if someone wanted to publish their opinions in the main stories - that is, to author articles on the site - I'd certainly consider it.
