On 19/12/2007, Noah Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 03:44:45PM +0000, Brian Butterworth wrote:
> > As he was drilling a batch of recruits, the sergeant saw that one of
> them
> > was marching out of step. Going to the man as they marched, he said
> > sarcastically:
>
> I'm probably being dense, but I don't get it's meaning in context.


It's just a general way of saying "there are standards but the vendors don't
use them".

Which is just another way of saying "standards are not standards if they are
ignored".


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