"Ha! Do you believe everything the dictionary tells you?? "
When it is true, which it is in this case.
"Ok...Seriously... There is no language called "Indian." It can be used as an Adjective.. but not as a Noun"
However, there are languages called "Indian". As it is a plural, it can be used as a noun. Plurals do count as nouns. The parent you objected to, who referred to "speaking Indian", did not specify the singular, and his wording fits the plural. Therefore, he is correct.
Similarly, there are many Slavic languages. It is also correct to refer to someone as "speaking Slavic", whether or not the specific language is Russian, Macedonian, or Polish.
"huh...there in no language named indian and every state has their own language"
The parent was correct when he referred to "speaking Indian". Check the dictionary: "Indian...A native or inhabitant of India or of the East Indies.
a) A member of any of the Native American peoples except the Eskimos, Aleuts, and Inuits.
B) Any of the languages of these peoples.
"plenty of American nurses in school ready to work for the increased wages"
But if you have qualified nurses who will work for less, you don't have to cut corners on patient care by reducing the # of nurses or cutting in other areas.
"When working conditions and pay are IMPROVED FOR NURSES, I MAY help you, until then I do not believe there's a "shortage"."
So you increase the pay, and as a result you have fewer nurses (because the amount of money for nursing remains the same). Then you do end up with a shortage. If there a good nurses who happen to be Africa, why not hire them, especially since you will be able to do so without cutting staffing or cutting care in other ways?
"The channel should be split into two channels: SciFi Prime and SciFi Classic. SciFi Prime can show what they believe to be the best science fiction that they produce"
You left out an important part of SciFi's programming: made-for-TV-movies about giant bugs/worms/vermins attacking redneck towns. Mansquito, Tremors, Mant.... if it squirms or crawls, you can bet some guy in a John Deere cap is ready to shoot it in a blaze of fakey CGI bug-ichor. Seriously, the channel devotes way too much time to this "genre".
"OK, I can understand a simultaneous broadcast, but why doe the UK have to act as testers for the program, and then have to wait an additional 4 months because the test went well???"
Be thankful it is not France who is testing it instead. While the overall theme of constant military retreat seems tailor-made for French audiences, the inclusion of Jerry Lewis as the commander instead of Olmos would have been rather distracting.
"How in the name of all that's holy did Star Trek Enterprise survive so many seasons while Firefly got cancelled and the excellent BSG only had 15 episodes made."
BSG had only 15 made because they were reluctant to commit to more without knowing if it would be a hit or not. "Star Trek" lived on a huge amount of television innertia: oddly enough, each season was better than the one before. "Firefly" I do not care about, and agree with the cancellation decision: I could barely watch 1/2 hour of the pilot.
I remember when the first iMac made a big splash, the Intel side announced with huge fanfare the "Aztec" computer which looked like a part of the city set from Logan's Run. This one never went anywhere.
The court case did not show this. Visit the definition. The existance of strong and common alternatives, as mentioned earlier, prevents any of these different meanings from applying. Monopoly does not mean "one of many".
Just because a court says it does not mean it is true. It is unfortunately common, for example, for the guilty to be declared innocent by the court, and for the innocent to get declared guilty.
"that they don't realize they're unwitting participants in Microsoft's quest for a third monopoly."
What are the first two? It can't be OS or office software: there are strong alternatives in both areas. A monopoly on blue fatal error screens? Perhaps, as long as Amiga GURU is gone.
To badly quote Sting and Dire Straits: "I want my, I want my, I want my BSOD!"
Seems like they should have unveiled it instead on CNN on "Anderson Cooper 360". It fits with the name better than unveiling it on the "48 Hour Road Rules Marathon" channel.
"Throw into that the two people in my county killed by impalement just for walking across the wrong field at the wrong time."
Ah. Vlad the Impaler is alive and well in South Carolina, and working his extreme form of justice there. I wonder if the victims were guilty of having indoor furniture on the lawn.
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When it is true, which it is in this case.
"Ok...Seriously... There is no language called "Indian." It can be used as an Adjective.. but not as a Noun"
However, there are languages called "Indian". As it is a plural, it can be used as a noun. Plurals do count as nouns. The parent you objected to, who referred to "speaking Indian", did not specify the singular, and his wording fits the plural. Therefore, he is correct.
Similarly, there are many Slavic languages. It is also correct to refer to someone as "speaking Slavic", whether or not the specific language is Russian, Macedonian, or Polish.
The parent was correct when he referred to "speaking Indian". Check the dictionary: "Indian...A native or inhabitant of India or of the East Indies. a) A member of any of the Native American peoples except the Eskimos, Aleuts, and Inuits. B) Any of the languages of these peoples.
But if you have qualified nurses who will work for less, you don't have to cut corners on patient care by reducing the # of nurses or cutting in other areas.
So you increase the pay, and as a result you have fewer nurses (because the amount of money for nursing remains the same). Then you do end up with a shortage. If there a good nurses who happen to be Africa, why not hire them, especially since you will be able to do so without cutting staffing or cutting care in other ways?
The average American McDonald's worker is rich by the standards of many, if not most, foreign countries.
I has happened before (India luring Europeans). Just promise tiger hunts and untold riches to be made off of shipping tea 'round the Cape.
Hey! A real live Yooper! (if you have no idea, just talk like Bob and Doug MacKenzie. It is close enough).
How did you know? This is downright uncanny!
Here. It's all yours. Just send me $300. Nice neighborhood; and quiet as a tomb, it is!
Like, d00d, whatchu talkin bout?
You left out an important part of SciFi's programming: made-for-TV-movies about giant bugs/worms/vermins attacking redneck towns. Mansquito, Tremors, Mant.... if it squirms or crawls, you can bet some guy in a John Deere cap is ready to shoot it in a blaze of fakey CGI bug-ichor. Seriously, the channel devotes way too much time to this "genre".
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Looking forward to a www.borkle.com which returns all its results in such a format.
Be thankful it is not France who is testing it instead. While the overall theme of constant military retreat seems tailor-made for French audiences, the inclusion of Jerry Lewis as the commander instead of Olmos would have been rather distracting.
BSG had only 15 made because they were reluctant to commit to more without knowing if it would be a hit or not. "Star Trek" lived on a huge amount of television innertia: oddly enough, each season was better than the one before. "Firefly" I do not care about, and agree with the cancellation decision: I could barely watch 1/2 hour of the pilot.
Looking forward to more scenes of Starbuck flying around in a Cylon Raider that is packed with rotten corned beef.
I remember when the first iMac made a big splash, the Intel side announced with huge fanfare the "Aztec" computer which looked like a part of the city set from Logan's Run. This one never went anywhere.
Just because a court says it does not mean it is true. It is unfortunately common, for example, for the guilty to be declared innocent by the court, and for the innocent to get declared guilty.
Oh? They are actually consuming tech now? I guess those stupid kids think that the "chips" are corn chips.
"And the three things I despise the most,"
Xbox, Elijah, and MTV's host"
They caught a virus, and now they're toast
Because... the Xbox...fried.
And they were singin'...
What are the first two? It can't be OS or office software: there are strong alternatives in both areas. A monopoly on blue fatal error screens? Perhaps, as long as Amiga GURU is gone.
Seems like they should have unveiled it instead on CNN on "Anderson Cooper 360". It fits with the name better than unveiling it on the "48 Hour Road Rules Marathon" channel.
Is every story on the iPod a dupe since we've already had one? Every story on the new Dr Who TV show a dupe, since we've already had one???
I see BSODs a lot, almost daily, on Windows XP.
Ah. Vlad the Impaler is alive and well in South Carolina, and working his extreme form of justice there. I wonder if the victims were guilty of having indoor furniture on the lawn.
Proven beyond reasonable doubt in a court of law of guilt of being tasty, that is!