Re: Accurate edge detection?

On Aug 2, 10:39=A0am, illywhacker <illywac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 1 Aug, 18:22, aruzinsky <aruzin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > I haven't lost interest. =A0I don't understand illywacker's sarcasm of
> > "true researcher." =A0It would make more sense if he said "pure
> > researcher."
>
> The standard phrase is 'spoken like a true X', where X is a noun, not
> 'spoken like a Y X' where Y is an adjective and X is a noun.
>
> illywhacker;

Huh?  "True" is an adjective and you still haven't explained your
sarcasm.

"Pure research" vs. "applied research" are standard usages.  Back in
the 1960's, people payed for doing pure research in the USA didn't
have to pay income tax on it.  Back then, pure researchers deserved
even more sarcasm.