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In the 1995 survey, the definition of “long distance trip” was “100 or more miles from home” but since virtually no air trips are between 50 and 100 miles, the difference in definitions is irrelevant to the trends in the distribution of trip purpose for air trips alone. charles Says:
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I also got some term definitions further straight in my head such as stub "a dummy object that will return whatever you want."
Planet Geospatial 2010
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This simple sense if wonder at the shapes of things, and at their exuberant independence of our intellectual standards and our trivial definitions, is the basis of spirituality as it is the basis of nonsense.
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The problem here is not in definitions but in confusing catogiries
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This simple sense if wonder at the shapes of things, and at their exuberant independence of our intellectual standards and our trivial definitions, is the basis of spirituality as it is the basis of nonsense.
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Having these two rather separate (but “similar enough”) definitions is where we get into trouble.
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But the main reason there are no accepted definitions is that, when one finds differences under that definition, the definition is attacked because the results are not acceptable.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Limits of Caution, Judgment, and Tact as Protection 2010
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That you fall back to arguing about terminology and definitions is a poor debating tactic.
A new form of Christian evangelism: atheist conferences « Anglican Samizdat 2010
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Though they are forever supplying definitions from the Oxford English Dictionary, neither appears to have looked up "metalled," both believing that a "metalled road" has something to do with metal (rather than broken stone).
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Having these two rather separate (but “similar enough”) definitions is where we get into trouble.
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