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prostoalex writes "Fortune magazine runs an article on New York - based FreshDirect, provider of high-quality groceries. Unlike Webvan, which failed with $1B of venture capital, FreshDirect seems to make pretty good money off online grocery sales - revenues of $225M are projected by 2004. The minimum order is set at $40, the company also charges $4 for delivery." If you want to check out their store, try zip code 10022.
E-mail Michael, he's probably getting a little groggy after being the only one posting stories in the last 12 hours.
Slash let's you queue up stories and post them at the selected time. I.e., he radomly selected a handful of stories, set the times, and been sleeping like a baby for the last 12 hours. =)
Ok, to get this strait, I have a firm grasp of what you and the the AC thinks "begs the question" means, or, should I say, used to mean several decades ago. As it stands there is nothing inappropriate about using "begs the question" in the fashion mentioned, -especially in this forum-.
(Note my not so standard use of the dash. Or the parenthesis, or, -Hades- this entire aside! Not to mention my entire lack of completing a sentence!)
Yet none of this could possibly detract you from my point, and my meaning is clear.
You're being far too formal.
A quick cut and past job to set your mind at ease:
Many people unaware of the technical meaning of "to beg the question" in logic use it in one of two looser senses. The first of these, "to evade the question, to duck the issue", is attested since 1860 (WDEU). The second, "to invite the obvious question, (with an inanimate subject) to raise the question", is now the most commonly
heard use of the phrase, although we have found no mention of it prior to The Oxford Guide to English Usage, 1st edition (1983)."
My emphasis, of course. So it appears this issue was settles sometime in the 80s. Or 80's, both are equally correct.
Especially in this forum.
-dameron
Step 1: [insert topic here]
Step 2: ???
Step 3: PROFIT!!!
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What about a Beowulf cluster of [insert topic here]
I think you can gain a strong insight into the sense of humor (or lack thereof) of your typical Slashodotter