On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:43:09 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article , Mark Lloyd wrote:


In this case, we turned on the heat in a 50-degree house, with the
thermostat set for 70. The furnace cut off when the temperature was
about 60.

That indicates a defective thermostat, which renders the example meaningless.

That is what HAPPENED (defective or not). How is reality meaningless?
Are you saying it is now impossible for thermostats to be defective?
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