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Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>> almost exactly 10,000 pipes.
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> Isn't "almost exactly" an oxymoron?
Probably fits the grammatical criteria of being classified as such, yes.
"exactly 10,000 pipes" would mean... exactly 10,000 pipes.
"approximately 10,000 pipes" would mean some figure roughly as large as
10,000, but not necessarily especially close to it.
"almost exactly 10,000 pipes" means a number which is very close to
10,000, but not 10,000.
[As it turns out, Wikipedia claims the precise numbers I was referring
to are in fact 9,999 and 10,268 respectively. I was under the impression
that they were closer together than that...]
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Warp wrote:
> clipka <ano### [at] anonymous org> wrote:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_As_Possible
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> Can you infringe copyright on 4'33"?
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I believe it has actually been prosecuted, altho I can't say I remember the
result.
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