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Captain Jack wrote:
> "Warp" <war### [at] tag povrayorg> wrote:
>> Isn't "almost exactly" an oxymoron?
> I don't know about that, but I think it's a good candidate for the
> definition of "limit" in calculus. :D
Didn't we go over that in the discussion about randomness, as 'almost
surely'? ;)
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Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> almost exactly 10,000 pipes.
>
> Isn't "almost exactly" an oxymoron?
It's a pretty common idiom, if nothing else. "Almost perfect" and "almost
unique" (and "most unique") are common as well, and they're all "incorrect"
also.
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> almost exactly 10,000 pipes.
> >
> > Isn't "almost exactly" an oxymoron?
> It's a pretty common idiom, if nothing else. "Almost perfect" and "almost
> unique" (and "most unique") are common as well, and they're all "incorrect"
> also.
I don't have a problem with "almost perfect" because it clearly means
"close to perfect", but "almost exactly" somehow just doesn't work. You
don't say "close to exactly". It either is exactly something, or it isn't,
You don't get close to "exactly". :)
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Warp wrote:
> I don't have a problem with "almost perfect" because it clearly means
> "close to perfect", but "almost exactly" somehow just doesn't work.
Well, something is either "perfect" or not. So "almost perfect" means "not
perfect." It's just one of those absolutes. But yes, even so, it means
"close to perfect." "Almost exactly" means "close to exact" too. I guess
it's just what idioms you're used to.
I've heard people say they're a little bit pregnant or very pregnant too,
meaning in the very first stages of pregnancy or late in the pregnancy.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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Mike Raiford schrieb:
> I have a link for you :D
>
> http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/10/worlds-most-magnificent-pipe-organs.html
>
This is freakish...:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_As_Possible
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clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_As_Possible
Can you infringe copyright on 4'33"?
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Warp schrieb:
> Can you infringe copyright on 4'33"?
Probably yes.
Remember, if they arrest you for that, you have the right to remain
silent...
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Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> almost exactly 10,000 pipes.
>
> 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] anonymousorg> wrote:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_As_Possible
>
> Can you infringe copyright on 4'33"?
>
I believe it has actually been prosecuted, altho I can't say I remember the
result.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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clipka escreveu:
> Mike Raiford schrieb:
>> I have a link for you :D
>>
>> http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/10/worlds-most-magnificent-pipe-organs.html
>>
> This is freakish...:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_As_Possible
Cage was such a joker... :)
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