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tigerchamp
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:27 pm
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"Critical mass", how to translate this? the whole sentence is below:
Unfortunately, the project never
gained critical mass, so it was deemed best to close it
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Dave Fawthrop
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 1:40 pm
Post subject: Re: what's meaning of "critical mass" |
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:27:30 +0800, "tigerchamp" <tigerchen74@hotmail.com>
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| "Critical mass", how to translate this? the whole sentence is below:
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| Unfortunately, the project never
| gained critical mass, so it was deemed best to close it
It comes from Atomic Bombs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_mass
Above critical mass **BANG**
Below critical mass ........
That is not quite true, but nearly.
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tigerchamp
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:38 pm
Post subject: Re: what's meaning of "critical mass" |
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Do you mean that the project didn't get the necessary support, so it was
closed?
"Dave Fawthrop" <hyphen@hyphenologist.co.uk> ????
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| Quote: | On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:27:30 +0800, "tigerchamp" <tigerchen74@hotmail.com
wrote:
| "Critical mass", how to translate this? the whole sentence is below:
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| Unfortunately, the project never
| gained critical mass, so it was deemed best to close it
It comes from Atomic Bombs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_mass
Above critical mass **BANG**
Below critical mass ........
That is not quite true, but nearly.
--
Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk
Killfile and Anti Troll FAQs at
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile.
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Dave Fawthrop
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:55 pm
Post subject: Re: what's meaning of "critical mass" |
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:38:55 +0800, "tigerchamp" <tigerchen74@hotmail.com>
wrote:
| Do you mean that the project didn't get the necessary support, so it was
| closed?
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| "Dave Fawthrop" <hyphen@hyphenologist.co.uk> ????
| news:uga8j0lpv4128mtd2mj5i4bfi476srs50r@4ax.com...
| > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:27:30 +0800, "tigerchamp" <tigerchen74@hotmail.com>
| > wrote:
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| > | "Critical mass", how to translate this? the whole sentence is below:
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| > | Unfortunately, the project never
| > | gained critical mass, so it was deemed best to close it
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| > It comes from Atomic Bombs
| > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_mass
| > Above critical mass **BANG**
| > Below critical mass ........
| > That is not quite true, but nearly.
Not quite, the critical mass could be users, supporters, workers,
problems, or many other things.
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tigerchamp
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:57 pm
Post subject: Re: what's meaning of "critical mass" |
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thx.
"Dave Fawthrop" <hyphen@hyphenologist.co.uk> ????
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| Quote: | On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:38:55 +0800, "tigerchamp" <tigerchen74@hotmail.com
wrote:
Not quite, the critical mass could be users, supporters, workers,
problems, or many other things.
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Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> Sick of Marketing SMS
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