Re: [xml-dev] OFFTOPIC: Job Opportunity

• To: Michael Kay <michael.h.kay@...>
• Subject: Re: [xml-dev] OFFTOPIC: Job Opportunity
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@...>
• Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 15:12:26 -0400
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Michael Kay scripsit:

> I didn't perceive any slight at all. Just a linguistic inaccuracy. To
> Len, I am a foreigner or a non-American (and proud of it). I am no more
> "international" than he is.

"International", like "remote", is a relative-to-self adjective.  From
Boston, Perth is remote (indeed, the most remote city); from Midland, W.A.,
Perth is anything but remote.

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Infoset, as long as it has a door sticker       jcowan@...
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        --Eve Maler                             http://www.ccil.org/~cowan

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