Re: More on spam
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 04:22:23PM -0200, klaus imgrund wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 October 2003 12:39, Tom wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 09:09:25AM -0500, Shane Hickey wrote:
> > > Let's try to keep a little perspective here. SPAM sucks, but it's not
> > > lethal (thank God!).
> > > -Shane
>
> On Wednesday 22 October 2003 12:39, Tom wrote:
> > yet
> >
> > it's becoming a distinction without a difference
> >
> >
> WTF is this supposed to mean?
>
> Starting to think Tom is on this list for flaming only
>
> Klaus
Wasn't intended as a flame, in the sense of personally attacking the
poster. (As opposed to my earlier posts!)
The phrase "distinction without a difference means" two things are
different but not in any way important to the discussion at hand.
The distinction here being lethality; the "without a difference" being
disruption to the normal course of events.
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