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"Ian Molton" wrote in message
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:05:05 +0000
Kurt Hamster wrote:

Free speech is just that, you can say what you want. It doesn't
guarantee that you will be listened to, muchless believed/

It also gives everyone else the right to laugh ;-)

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Or to invest in a spell-checker !!!

Thomas

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"Ian Molton" wrote in message
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:17:42 GMT
"This works now" wrote:

But at least I can spell on my website...!

I notice you dont have the balls to put the URL here...


No, but then I don't need to include the URL in my sig either as it gets
enough visitors already.

(You really should invest in a spell checker y'know...! What does the word
"dont" mean? I think you might mean "don't"?)

Thomas

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"Ian Molton" wrote in message
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:17:42 GMT
"This works now" wrote:

But at least I can spell on my website...!

I notice you dont have the balls to put the URL here...


No, but then I don't need to include the URL in my sig either as it gets
enough visitors already.

(You really should invest in a spell checker y'know...! What does the word
"dont" mean? I think you might mean "don't"?)

Thomas

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This works now wrote:

And how do I know that? It's only your opinion that you would be
willing to accept any evidence that cables can sound different.

His offer has stood for years. He's already said that he can't hear any
difference, so it's not the case that he's willing to accept *any* evidence.
It should be pretty obvious that someone correctly identifying the cable
sufficient times to reasonably rule out chance - a statistically significant
sample - might just be enough to convince him.


How can I trust that? I don't even know you, never mind can trust
you.- and you've got a grand to lose - I've only got my opinion to
lose.

Are you nuts? Are you really saying that you aren't prepared to risk losing
face to someone you don't even know, to take the opportunity to score a
grand if you're right? Maybe you're not nuts - maybe you're Bill Gates in
disguise.


So, why should I waste my time trying to convince somebody who is
already convinced of the opposite view? There is no point carrying on
this debate, as in my opinion it isn't workable.

The reason you're unwilling to take the test is that you fear you won't
actually be able to identify a difference in the cables. You'd rather
convince yourself that getting burned in a hi-fi boutique was a good idea
and thus eschew putting your conviction to the test. You haven't got the
balls to take the chance of a free grand for an hour or so of backing up
your opinion.

Think I'm talking ****? Consider the converse: If you *really* thought that
the difference was there to be percieved, you'd take one look at Stewart's
offer and think, "What a mug! I'm gonna head round there and take a thousand
pounds off him before he gets wise!". The fact that you try to flannel your
way out of it speaks volumes - you either don't believe what you said
earlier, or you're too rich to make a grand for an hour or so's effort.

Again: if I wasn't a Fiat Panda 300 mile drive away, I'd be heading round
there *now*.


--
Wally
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk
Moving soon to: www.artbywally.com

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This works now wrote:

And how do I know that? It's only your opinion that you would be
willing to accept any evidence that cables can sound different.

His offer has stood for years. He's already said that he can't hear any
difference, so it's not the case that he's willing to accept *any* evidence.
It should be pretty obvious that someone correctly identifying the cable
sufficient times to reasonably rule out chance - a statistically significant
sample - might just be enough to convince him.


How can I trust that? I don't even know you, never mind can trust
you.- and you've got a grand to lose - I've only got my opinion to
lose.

Are you nuts? Are you really saying that you aren't prepared to risk losing
face to someone you don't even know, to take the opportunity to score a
grand if you're right? Maybe you're not nuts - maybe you're Bill Gates in
disguise.


So, why should I waste my time trying to convince somebody who is
already convinced of the opposite view? There is no point carrying on
this debate, as in my opinion it isn't workable.

The reason you're unwilling to take the test is that you fear you won't
actually be able to identify a difference in the cables. You'd rather
convince yourself that getting burned in a hi-fi boutique was a good idea
and thus eschew putting your conviction to the test. You haven't got the
balls to take the chance of a free grand for an hour or so of backing up
your opinion.

Think I'm talking ****? Consider the converse: If you *really* thought that
the difference was there to be percieved, you'd take one look at Stewart's
offer and think, "What a mug! I'm gonna head round there and take a thousand
pounds off him before he gets wise!". The fact that you try to flannel your
way out of it speaks volumes - you either don't believe what you said
earlier, or you're too rich to make a grand for an hour or so's effort.

Again: if I wasn't a Fiat Panda 300 mile drive away, I'd be heading round
there *now*.


--
Wally
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk
Moving soon to: www.artbywally.com

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This works now wrote:

But at least I can spell on my website...!

I notice you dont have the balls to put the URL here...

No, but then I don't need to include the URL in my sig either as it
gets enough visitors already.

(You really should invest in a spell checker y'know...! What does
the word "dont" mean? I think you might mean "don't"?)

It was clearly a typo and it certainly didn't detract from the meaning of
his post - if it had, you wouldn't have been in a position to correct him;
ergo, his post served its purpose of communicating an idea. Regarding your
last 'sentence', try...

I think you might mean "don't".

....or something like...

Do you mean "don't", perhaps?

Further, why do you keep putting an ellipsis before your exclamation marks?

Ponce!


--
Wally
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk
Moving soon to: www.artbywally.com

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This works now wrote:

But at least I can spell on my website...!

I notice you dont have the balls to put the URL here...

No, but then I don't need to include the URL in my sig either as it
gets enough visitors already.

(You really should invest in a spell checker y'know...! What does
the word "dont" mean? I think you might mean "don't"?)

It was clearly a typo and it certainly didn't detract from the meaning of
his post - if it had, you wouldn't have been in a position to correct him;
ergo, his post served its purpose of communicating an idea. Regarding your
last 'sentence', try...

I think you might mean "don't".

....or something like...

Do you mean "don't", perhaps?

Further, why do you keep putting an ellipsis before your exclamation marks?

Ponce!


--
Wally
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk
Moving soon to: www.artbywally.com

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"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote


snip


It does seem to fit. BTW, dorks who are too scared to use their real
names don't get too many brownie points in this forum.


Agreed, but for some strange reason I'm not sure that I would too keen to
use my full
name here (Keith Stewart Garratt) too often........!!!

;-)

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"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote


snip


It does seem to fit. BTW, dorks who are too scared to use their real
names don't get too many brownie points in this forum.


Agreed, but for some strange reason I'm not sure that I would too keen to
use my full
name here (Keith Stewart Garratt) too often........!!!

;-)

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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:09:43 -0000, "Wally"
wrote:

This works now wrote:

And how do I know that? It's only your opinion that you would be
willing to accept any evidence that cables can sound different.

His offer has stood for years. He's already said that he can't hear any
difference, so it's not the case that he's willing to accept *any* evidence.
It should be pretty obvious that someone correctly identifying the cable
sufficient times to reasonably rule out chance - a statistically significant
sample - might just be enough to convince him.

Yup, I'd be happy to admit that I'm a deaf old git! :-)
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering