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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: 5th USENIX Conf on Object-Oriented Tech & Sys (COOTS'99) - CFP
Date: 1998/05/19
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In article <199805181500.RAA19306@basement.replay.com>, nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) writes:

> Everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but there is only one set of
> facts. Knowing something that "ain't so" is ignorance. We are all
> ignorant, so there is no shame attached to it. However, continuing to
> know something after being informed that it "ain't so" is stupidity. I
> doubt if anyone who contributes to this news group is stupid. (I can say
> this because it's been many months since I've seen a posting by the Rev.
> You-Know-Who.)

It seems to me that calendars, like language, are molded by usage.
I shall observe carefully on the two December 31 dates in dispute
to see which has the larger parties.

Larry Kilgallen