Re: taxonomies

Hadmut Danisch wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 09:03:18AM -0800, Paul Hoffman / IMC wrote:
> >
> > Set C:
> > + mixed parts
> >   : marked for human consumption
> >   : marked for machine consumption
>
> Would a fax which is printed automatically be marked
> for human or machine consumption?

If its printed automatically then it's marked for machine consumption.
Of course, the sender cannot prevent that messages be processed
either way (by machines and/or humans) at the recipient's side. Trying
to say otherwise is to promise control over what cannot be controlled.