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From: not.jim.silverton@erols.com
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> In news.groups Jeremy Nixon wrote:
> > wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Deletions<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> > > The use of the term "SLR" is, in the case of this proposal, in
the
> > informal, layman's sense of the term, rather than the strict
> > technical one.
>
> This is a weird argument. It's tantamount to saying that in, say, a
> physics newsgroup title, a word like "inertia" should have the
common
> meaning rather than the the technically correct meaning as used in
> physics.
Personally, I think that is a telling argument against the current
name. I admit that I am still trying to come up with a short but
accurate name to describe what is intended, tho' I do have a sneaky
suspicion that "real cameras" is what is actually iimplied, as has
been suggested. :)
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James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland, USA
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