[conspire] Breezy Badger /Netzero

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:09:34 -0800, Rick Moen wrote:

[snip]
>> Perhaps it may be construed as a request to guess, but for it to be an
>> obligation, there would have to be some kind of if-then based on the
>> missing information.
> 
> Huh?  I'm not sure I'm following you (and I might have been guilty of
> being a little cryptic, myself).  I was saying that "he didn't say" what
> kppp succeeded at doing, meaning that the reader is obliged to guess if
> he's to arrive at any conclusions on that score, e.g., "John must have
> meant that kppp successfully made the modem dial" or "John must have
> meant that kppp successfully secured remote IP transport."
[snip]

Example:
If kppp successfully made the modem dial, then Conclusion A.
If kppp successfully secured remote IP transport, then Conclusion B.

If there is no meaningful difference between Conclusion A and Conclusion
B, one is hardly obligated to guess which of the two conclusions to draw.