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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Phone numbers
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Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 12:19:33 EST
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> 	The laudable goal of adhering to standards is incompatible with
> 	the equally-laudable goal of presenting information in the most
> 	understandable form.  Faced with such a choice of evils, most
> 	of us opt for the familiar one.
> 
> if i didn't know better, i'd swear he was talking about rfc 819/822.

Actually, I should have made it clear that my original comment was
intended to apply only to the situation at hand, not as a general maxim.
On the other hand, it does have a nice ring to it...
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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