the new limits of "novel" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[victor steinbok]

I would expect Lighter's Law to apply to both the question /and/ the answers.

VS-)

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Isn't it tautological that someone asking a question at [Yahoo Answers] in
> earnest doesn't know what he is talking about.
>
> That's why he's asking...
>
> DanG
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
> Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
>
> I think Lighter's Law applies here (see how useful it is?):  "It's
>> easier to assume that somebody at [Yahoo Answers] just didn't know what
>> he was talking about."

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