Re: comments on pages 16-30 on pre-final HST paper

From: Michael Wood-Vasey (wmwood-vasey@lbl.gov)
Date: Sun Jul 13 2003 - 17:10:28 PDT

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    On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 02:18:21PM -0700, Greg Aldering wrote:
    > Finally, the usage of "cull", from www.dictionary.com
    >
    > 1.To pick out from others; select.
    > 2.To gather; collect.
    > 3.To remove rejected members or parts from (a herd, for
    > example).
    > n.
    > Something picked out from others, especially something
    > rejected because of inferior quality.
    >
    > So, "cull out" is about somewhat redundant, but perhaps slightly more clear
    > (although in our paper the context makes it quite clear).

    I'll stick by my position that it's completely redundant.

     - Michael

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