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From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
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Subject: Re: an infinate loop
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Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com> wrote in message news:<3B4F764E.DF2DB15@boeing.com>...

> Studies indicate that people understand positive logic better than
> negative logic.

Without a reference, such an argument is simply an appeal to authority,
a well known debating technique, but not one to be paid much attention
to. Now *with* a reference, it would be an interesting contribution.

To me in english is it just as clear to say

"if you are free today, can you ...

"if you are not busy today, can you ...

And it would be interesting to see "studies* refuting this ...