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Posted by Timothy Daniels on January 30, 2006, 3:17 pm
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"Jim T." wrote:
> "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
>
>>"Bill M." wrote:
>>> "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Charles Newman" wrote:
>>>>> Comcast is now 6.8 megabits here in Sacramento.
>>>>> I just had to download an updated device driver
>>>>> from ATI, and the download speed clocked in
>>>>> at about 6.8 megabits.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What does ATI, a graphics chip/board designer,
>>>>have to do with your download speed?
>>>>
>>>>*TimDaniels*
>>>
>>> All he's saying is that he downloaded "something" (doesn't
>>> really matter what it was) from "somewhere" (doesn't really
>>> matter where it was), and got 6.8 Mbps throughput during
>>> that download. The "something" happened to be a device
>>> driver and the "somewhere" happened to be ati.com. He
>>> didn't say ATI had anything to do with his download speed;
>>> they just happened to be hosting the file he downloaded.
>>
>>
>> Aahhh... the ambiguity of human language. :-)
>>
>>*TimDaniels*
>
> Poor excuse for jumping for a chance to criticize without thinking.
Think of it rather as a lesson in clear expository writing -
which should exclude ambiguity.
*TimDaniels*
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