= Сообщение: 434 из 7128 ======================================= FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Dale Shipp 1:261/1466 21 Nov 13 23:53:02 Кому : BjФRn Felten 21 Nov 13 23:53:02 Тема : Re: Vote FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:261/1466.0+528ee32e На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:203/2+528e8ec2 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== ============================================================================== -=> On 11-21-13 23:52, BjФrn Felten <=- -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Vote <=-
KvE>>> So when is a proposed standard obligatory for all used software.
BF>>> When the FTSC is given enough mandate to make it so.
BF>> Does what I wrote have a different meaning in US English BF>> than in British English?
DS> I doubt it.
BF> Well, obviously it does.
DS> Perhaps you could explain what you mean by the phrases DS> "obligatory for all used software"
BF> Pro primo: I didn't write that. Are you with me so far?
Agreed, but in the very next sentence that you did write, you gave it support.
DS> and "when the FTSC is given enough mandate to make it so"?
BF> Does the phrase "when hell freezes over" ring a bell?
If you had said that, then I would agree with you. What you actually said is apparently calling for the FTSC to have a mandate to introduce standards, and I disagree with that.
DS> Those phrases are miles away from "here is what people are doing".
BF> Of course they are. And anybody familiar with English BF> Proper would understand what I was trying to say. That BF> obviously didn't include you. Hence my question:
Anyone familiar with the English language would have chosen a different response if they disagreed with the premise.
Dale Shipp fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net (1:261/1466)
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