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> On Jun 11, 2011, at 8:02 AM, V G wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:46 PM, RC <rc@piclistbr.com> wrote:
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>> "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then yo=
u
>> and I will still each have one apple.
>> But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas,
>> then
>> each of us will have two ideas."
>> (George Bernard Shaw)
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> That's the stupidest quote I've ever heard in my life.
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> An apple =3D an apple so you're trading the same thing.
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> There are two things wrong with comparing an idea to an apple:
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> 1. An idea is not traded. It is copied. So you don't lose what you
> "exchange".
> 2. An idea !=3D an idea. They are two different things. Might as well com=
pare
> the said apple above to an orange.
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> So not only are you copying an idea, you are copying a *different* idea.
> Nothing at all like apples. So it's a stupid comparison or analogy.

The thing to remember is that these quotes are to inspire people who are le=
ss smart than you ...... like me......
99guspuppet
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