On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:30:24 +0000 (UTC), "Triffid"
wrote:

erm.. I was thinking more in the sense that even cheap crap can be
distinguished. You just need to lower your terms of reference.

It is that word "even" that is the problem. It seems to imply that you
would expect more expensive stuff to be distinguishable, but it is
somehow surprising that cheap crap can be - that is the reverse of the
true situation, which is that cheap crap is the stuff that is most
easily distinguished, but once you are clear of that area, everything
is indistinguishable.

Or were you using the word "distinguished" in the "going slightly grey
at the temples" sense?

d
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