At 02:33 -0400 on 07/24/2011, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote about
Re: running Assembler I/O macro code as AMODE 31, RMODE ANY:
>The description above was part of a hoax
Wiki refers to it as a hoax, but I don't see it as any more of a hoax
than the famous sign offering access to the egress. In fact, the DHMO
site does not match wiki's own definition[1] of hoax
[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoax>
Note that I stated "Part of a Hoax" not that it was in-and-of-itself
a hoax. The description while worded to give a desired impression had
all of the stated facts being accurately made. Thus it is not itself
necessary a hoax. It was the use of the description (and misleading
descriptions of the effects and usage) to convince people to sign
petitions to ban its use that makes it part of a hoax (ie: The
petition being the hoax). If the common name of DHMO was used in lieu
of DHMO in the descriptions it would be just as accurate but the
impression given by the statement of facts would be different (IOW:
The deliberate use of DHMO in lieu of the common name for the
substance makes listing into hoax - not due to the stated facts but
due to the way they are presented by using DHMO to disguise the
identity of the substance).
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