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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Boris: [QB] The problem is that everyone's using different approaches. Most of the time they don't conflict, but it is the problematic areas that reveal them. Let's make up some definitions: The Commonsense Approach: Put an average Joe in front of a TV and ask him which number is canon. Or show him a size comparison chart and ask him to find errors. Whatever he says is gospel. Why? Because an assumption behind the medium is that you won't look too closely -- if you do you defeat its purpose (i.e. by saying that Caesar was killed by a rubber knife in "Julius Caesar" because that's what the theater prop was). The advantage of this approach is that we avoid ridiculous explanations and keep things within the intentions of the producers. The Documentary Approach: Treat the show as documentary footage. There are no errors whatsoever, and everything must have an explanation. Hence, the correct number is the one more likely to be correct. Which one? The MSD and plaque number, because the hull number takes longer to change and could be a previous registry that wasn't painted over. The advantage of this approach is that it introduces greater believability into the show if the explanations are sound, and that these explanations could be accepted by the producers as well and used in the show. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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