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Howard C. Berkowitz
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« on: May 28, 2009, 02:44:00 PM »
I started some engineering core articles, such as drill and saw, starting with disambiguation. Nail and screw followed.

Is, however, a core drill a core article, or a subtopic?
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Prime Minister, you can't take the bull by the horns if you're grasping the nettle. I mean, if you grasped the nettle with one hand, you could take the bull by one horn with the other hand, but not by both horns because your hand wouldn't be big enough, and if you took a bull by only one horn it would be rather dangerous because...' (Yes Prime Minister II, pp. 221-2)
Bruce M.Tindall
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« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2009, 03:03:51 PM »
I have some utterly irrelevant expertise in this matter. At one point during my software career, my job title was "Core Testing Manager." More than once, when I gave somebody my business card, I was asked why we were still using that ancient storage technology, or whether my eyesight was harmed by inspecting tiny metal circles all day.
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Howard C. Berkowitz
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« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2009, 03:04:57 PM »
Quote from: Bruce M.Tindall on May 28, 2009, 03:03:51 PM
I have some utterly irrelevant expertise in this matter. At one point during my software career, my job title was "Core Testing Manager." More than once, when I gave somebody my business card, I was asked why we were still using that ancient storage technology, or whether my eyesight was harmed by inspecting tiny metal circles all day.

At least two more cores to disambiguate...
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Prime Minister, you can't take the bull by the horns if you're grasping the nettle. I mean, if you grasped the nettle with one hand, you could take the bull by one horn with the other hand, but not by both horns because your hand wouldn't be big enough, and if you took a bull by only one horn it would be rather dangerous because...' (Yes Prime Minister II, pp. 221-2)
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