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The most efficient way to get correct information on the Internet is to
assert confidently the answer you believe to be right (or at least that
you *apparently* believe to be right).

Hmm, I won't say that I don't want to pick a nit, 'cause I do. If you
assert that what you are saying is true, then you will get the correct
infomation from the Internet?

All it requires is a willingness to look bad on occasion.

Lucky I don't have to worry about this statement.
Frank Reid

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Frank Reid wrote:
The most efficient way to get correct information on the Internet is to
assert confidently the answer you believe to be right (or at least that
you *apparently* believe to be right).


Hmm, I won't say that I don't want to pick a nit, 'cause I do. If you
assert that what you are saying is true, then you will get the correct
infomation from the Internet?

Yes.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

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rw wrote:
The most efficient way to get correct information on the Internet is to
assert confidently the answer you believe to be right (or at least that
you *apparently* believe to be right). All it requires is a willingness
to look bad on occasion.

Perhaps, but Myron has made two confident assertions, and has so far
only been told they are incorrect, not whether there *is* a correct
"law," and if so, what it is.

This Internet thingy is not so efficient.

(he asserts confidently....)

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Hmm, I won't say that I don't want to pick a nit, 'cause I do. If you
assert that what you are saying is true, then you will get the correct
infomation from the Internet?

Yes.

My lord man, that's the friggen Kansas version of the scientific
method. That's, that's.... Republican!? Don't you know that Al Gore
invented the Internet? Are you saying its been suborned by the
Neocons? Arrrggghhh!!! Time to move to a Blue state.
Frank Reid

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Frank Reid wrote:
Hmm, I won't say that I don't want to pick a nit, 'cause I do. If you
assert that what you are saying is true, then you will get the correct
infomation from the Internet?


Yes.


My lord man, that's the friggen Kansas version of the scientific
method. That's, that's.... Republican!? Don't you know that Al Gore
invented the Internet? Are you saying its been suborned by the
Neocons? Arrrggghhh!!! Time to move to a Blue state.
Frank Reid

I'll give an excellent example.

Recently on abpf someone requested a high res photo of a smallmouth,
suitable for framing. Being a smart-ass SOB, I went on the web and found
a high res photo of a tiny fish, reputed to be a smallmouth bass,
cradled in someone's hand in what appeared to be a toilet bowl.

It was only a joke, but I confidently asserted (incorrectly) that the
fish was, in fact, a largemouth. I was promptly corrected. It's a
smallmouth.

If you're cynical and conniving enough (I'm not quite there yet), you
can use this weird Internet truth-revealing tactic to your advantage.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

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JR wrote:
rw wrote:

The most efficient way to get correct information on the Internet is
to assert confidently the answer you believe to be right (or at least
that you *apparently* believe to be right). All it requires is a
willingness to look bad on occasion.


Perhaps, but Myron has made two confident assertions, and has so far
only been told they are incorrect, not whether there *is* a correct
"law," and if so, what it is.

This Internet thingy is not so efficient.

(he asserts confidently....)

No one has their name associated to the law predicting the rate of
growth of capacity of flash memory. No one! It hasn't been done!

:-)

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

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"rw" wrote in message
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JR wrote:
rw wrote:

riverman wrote:

Ahhh, correct. Its Kryder's Law.


Kryder's Law applies to hard drives, not flash memory.


Looks like an opening for Buck's Law, Myron. Better jump on it. :)

The most efficient way to get correct information on the Internet is to
assert confidently the answer you believe to be right (or at least that
you *apparently* believe to be right). All it requires is a willingness
to look bad on occasion.

Stevie's law. Named not so much for its first formal statement as in honor
of its most notable practitioner/proover.

Wolfgang

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Wolfgang wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
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JR wrote:

rw wrote:


riverman wrote:


Ahhh, correct. Its Kryder's Law.


Kryder's Law applies to hard drives, not flash memory.


Looks like an opening for Buck's Law, Myron. Better jump on it. :)

The most efficient way to get correct information on the Internet is to
assert confidently the answer you believe to be right (or at least that
you *apparently* believe to be right). All it requires is a willingness
to look bad on occasion.


Stevie's law. Named not so much for its first formal statement as in honor
of its most notable practitioner/proover.

What's the name of the world's largest island in a lake on
an island in a lake?

Yet another near perfect example of Buck's Law in action. :-)

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

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"rw" wrote in message
ink.net...
Wolfgang wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
ink.net...

JR wrote:

rw wrote:


riverman wrote:


Ahhh, correct. Its Kryder's Law.


Kryder's Law applies to hard drives, not flash memory.


Looks like an opening for Buck's Law, Myron. Better jump on it. :)

The most efficient way to get correct information on the Internet is to
assert confidently the answer you believe to be right (or at least that
you *apparently* believe to be right). All it requires is a willingness
to look bad on occasion.


Stevie's law. Named not so much for its first formal statement as in
honor of its most notable practitioner/proover.

What's the name of the world's largest island in a lake on
an island in a lake?

Yet another near perfect example of Buck's Law in action. :-)

Another absolutely perfect example of a boy who simply WILL NOT learn.
:)

Wolfgang

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If you're cynical and conniving enough (I'm not quite there yet), you
can use this weird Internet truth-revealing tactic to your advantage.

I personally rely on my "Magic 8 Ball." Doesn't require a keyboard or
monitor.
Frank Reid