[ExI] subject line discipline is being bugger obseved

[deimtee]

spike wrote:

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>>...On Behalf Of Damien Broderick
>>Subject: Re: [ExI] Vinge finally cracks the NYT
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>>This current offspring of the thread is very interesting but 
>>has bugger-all to do with Vinge...How about changing the subject line?
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>A mysterious Australianism is this term "bugger-all."  From the context it
>appears to mean "nothing" which is the polar opposite of "all."  Conclusion:
>the term "bugger" must mean "exact opposite" so that bugger-all is
>synonymous with the terms "nothing" or "zero."  In that spirit, were
>Australia to launch a rocket, the countdown might go "...three, two, one,
>bugger-all."  If a nuclear bomb exploded above some Australian city, then
>the point on the surface directly below the explosion would then be called
>"ground bugger-all."
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>spike
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While the point below the explosion might well be called "ground 
bugger-all" the
rocket countdown would be more likely to go "...three, two, one,  
bugger-off."

-David