Re: what matters is what's said, not what's meant

On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 09:50  AM, pat hayes wrote:
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> Suggestion: lets decide to NEVER make rules that require consistency.

Hear hear.

> What we can do is to make rules about what should be done if 
> inconsistencies are detected, or about who is responsible for clearing 
> up the mess, or whatever. But if we say that its wrong to be 
> inconsistent, then the task of being right becomes unmanageably 
> complex very quickly.  Its almost impossible to be SURE you are 
> avoiding inconsistencies whenever you open your mouth (or your web 
> server), even if you want to: and as Peter points out, you may well 
> not want to be consistent with everyone.

I don't EVER want to be consistent with everyone. Ever. Certainly not 
on everything. Hell, I'll diagree with SOMETHING just to maintain this 
principle.

Cheers,
Bijan Parsia.

Received on Thursday, 9 October 2003 10:01:02 UTC