"Roedy Green" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:29:36 -0700, "David Schwartz"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote or quoted :
>> By the way, this is based on the same flawed premise that a lot of
>>post-Y2K griping was based on. It went like this, "wow, we get all
>>concerned
>>and spent all this money on a problem that never even happened". Well,
>>perhaps it didn't happen because we were all concerned and spent all this
>>money on it.
> The worry was that the work would not be completed in time. The work
> had to be done or the programs would simply stop working. There was
> no way to avoid the expense.
I understand why the argument is invalid. I'm presenting it as an
example of a similar invalid argument.
DS
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