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From: wasser@viking.DEC (John A. Wasser)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Null statements...
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Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 08:22:47 EDT
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	I would like to start a collection of "null statements", phrases
	and sentences that are used in product literature and have no 
	information content.  For example, I just bought a pair of
	sunglasses that promise:

		Eliminates Ultra Violet Rays in the visible spectrum.

	Since Ultraviolet is (by definition) outside the visible spectrum,
	this assurance is meaningless.  Another example is:

		Made with all natural elements.

	This one could be a translation problem (something was translated
	as "elements" when it should have been "ingredients").


	If you have any examples, please send them to me and I will
	summarize to net.consumers in a couple of weeks.

		-John A. Wasser

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