[discuss] IP Protocols and Intranets

Roland Perry roland at internetpolicyagency.com
Tue Jan 7 13:28:21 UTC 2014


In message <20140106172420.GH10080 at mx1.yitter.info>, at 12:24:20 on Mon, 
6 Jan 2014, "ajs at anvilwalrusden.com" <ajs at anvilwalrusden.com> writes
>To see a (very) rough analogy, consider parsing English sentences.  If

>we didn't have initial capitals and end-of-sentence markers, it would

>be harder to understand the meaning.  For instance:

>

>    We need some more salad.  Who'll run to the store?

>

>    we need some more salad who'll run to the store


Sentient salad? I think we need to roll in an out-of-band understanding 
that salads are a "which" not a "who".
-- 
Roland Perry



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