You'll be singing a different tune once you're forced - under penalty of death - to convert to Islam, recite Mao's Little Red Book, and give the black power salute every 10 seconds, Mr. I-love-the-Islamofascistmexicosocialistcheeseeatingsurendermonkeyhomosexuals.
Congratulations on being correct about a very small point which in no way improves the quality or intelligibility of the discussion; later we can start correcting one another's spelling and word choice.
All of the VA/MD area around Washington is a big center for computers/IT. NIST is in Gaithersburg, MD and DARPA in Virginia Square, VA, as well as several universities (e.g., UMD, JHU) that are doing interesting research in human language technology - a big area of interest for the military and intelligence communities. Lots of major corporations have facilities in the area, too - IBM, SRI, and BBN to name a few.
I especially wish cancer and sterility on any children you might have; failing that, maybe a nice brutal murder. If you don't have children, then I'd be OK with a really serious accident mutilating you genitals followed by cancer and death.
Entirely on the basis of that remark, I can confidently declare you the dick-suckin'-est dumbshit that ever has walked the face of the earth. I hope you get cancer and your entire family dies in horrible, painful accidents or as the result of rare tropical diseases that cause them to linger for decades in astounding pain. Really, I wish upon you the following - may your entire bloodline die out and have its DNA destroyed to the very last nucleotide so that there's not even the faintest hint of a possibility that your kind might once again arise and pollute our species. Also, go fuck yourself.
Blah blah. Fill in typical slashdot posting about how he's the same as the old boss, etc.
What the fuck is with this site? Was there this much focus on every single fucking thing the Bush administration did? Or did the coverage then just focus on the really egregious shit?
Oh, OK. You could have just said you were a bit of a lunatic and largely without any understanding of how modern economies and representative democracies work, and it would have been far easier all round.
And, really, I don't mean that personally - statements like "Congressional or treasury-approval does not imply my approval or permission," are a pretty solid indication that you've got completely imaginary views of how our government works, either currently or as intended by the framers of our constitution. Just "go Galt," or whatever and save everyone else the bother of dealing with you.
Technically speaking, a real bank would lend the assets of its depositors, in exchange for interest payment to those depositors.
Our long-since nationalized banks loan out (inflate) our money without our permission.
Huh? Is inflation caused by banks lending money? Do we not permit banks to lend money but they do it anyway? Are you actually ranting about the federal reserve bank or the treasury or non-precious metal backed "fiat money?"
You're accusing Republicans of being the problem just because they're Republicans. Please stop being a sheep.
Did you actually read what you're responding to, or did you just skim for keywords? He's not blaming Republicans just because they're Republicans - he's blaming them because in his view the entire party has adopted a position based on ideological grounds that ignores current reality and the effects that implementing that strategy would have on the larger economy.
I'm not saying he's right or not; just that what he said isn't nearly as simplistic as you'd make it out to be. Maybe you should stop being a sheep.
In a true socialist society, you can't have banks at all, government operated or not.
Dunno - that depends on how you define "true socialist society." If you think of it in Marx's philosophical terms, a socialist society is an intermediary point between the overthrow of capitalism and the development of true communism, and there could well be a place for banks in that kind of government. If you think the Soviet Union was a "true socialist state," then Gosbank is evidence that banks can exist in such a state.
What you should be asking is why the Republican party is still against nationalization of banks... Because currently, the taxpayers get to enjoy all the risk, while the owners of the banks gets the profits.
Bu..buh.. but nationalizing banks, why thats... that's socialism! Having everyone but the responsible parties foot the bill for the excesses of the rich and privileged is just the American way - we're keeping the free market going!
Actually, I think you're missing the point made in the XKCD cartoon.
The cartoon is pointing out that focusing on the bonuses, which is what everything you've heard about AIG for the past couple weeks has focused on, is like focusing on the damage to the Titanic's paint job that the iceberg did. If anything, I think you might be in agreement - the cost to US is far larger than the compensation paid to individuals at AIG.
Perhaps not the best phrasing; it's a flaw in the design, but it's not like flaws that allow you to manipulate the vote database with impunity and without an audit trail, or manipulate the machines totals. It depends partly on shitty design, and partly on lack of education for the voters.
Interesting you should mention ATMs - I used one near my house the other day that would have allowed me to withdraw money from the previous user's account. It's one of those ones where you just swipe the card, and apparently the person who used it before me took their money and receipt and left, and didn't notice that it gave them a prompt to do another transaction afterwards. Shitty design - if you aren't keeping the card for the duration of the user session, allowing multiple transactions per swipe are a very stupid idea.
Apparently the people told voters that hitting the "Vote" button would complete their vote, when it actually just brought up a confirmation screen. It was after the voter left that the people charged went and changed the votes, then completed the vote.
So, yeah, that's definite election fraud and those involved should go to jail for a nice long stretch. But the headline leads you to believe this was somehow a voting machine flaw, rather than a social engineering attack based around shitty UI design ("Vote" means vote, not, "Confirm my Choices").
I'll point out that you've substantively failed to explain the semantic distinction, in this case, between an attributive noun and an adjective.
I'll point out that the distinction between an attributive noun and an adjective isn't semantic, it's a matter of lexical categorization, and the evidence I presented in the linked post is intended to make that clear. You originally said that software "is just an adjective in your example," which isn't true. As I've show, "software," is a noun - not just in my example, but generally.
In other words, in this context, "software" is an adjective in all but name.
And here again, that same mistake. Adjective isn't a generic term for a word that modified a noun, nor is it a term for given context under which a word may modify a noun - it's a lexical category. It's like saying that a lightbulb is a star in all but name since, like our sun, it too gives off light.
If you're going to be pedantic with people, you might at least make an effort to understand the terminology and concepts related to the discussion.
You could said "They're stupid", or "Their Stupidity".
But "Their Stupid", just makes you look like an idiot who can't spell.
If you're going to pick on my spelling or word choice, you ought to proofread your post first. Leaving out the auxiliary verb makes you look like an idiot who likes to take other people to task for stuff he doesn't fully grasp.
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You'll be singing a different tune once you're forced - under penalty of death - to convert to Islam, recite Mao's Little Red Book, and give the black power salute every 10 seconds, Mr. I-love-the-Islamofascistmexicosocialistcheeseeatingsurendermonkeyhomosexuals.
No he doesn't; If 8 years of Bush has shown us anything, it's that conservatism means never having to consider the possibility you're wrong.
Congratulations on being correct about a very small point which in no way improves the quality or intelligibility of the discussion; later we can start correcting one another's spelling and word choice.
I think that'd make a fascinating poll; I wonder how many US citizens actually couldn't tell you what what Nebraska is.
All of the VA/MD area around Washington is a big center for computers/IT. NIST is in Gaithersburg, MD and DARPA in Virginia Square, VA, as well as several universities (e.g., UMD, JHU) that are doing interesting research in human language technology - a big area of interest for the military and intelligence communities. Lots of major corporations have facilities in the area, too - IBM, SRI, and BBN to name a few.
That's what she said. And by she, I mean your mom.
Don't be coy - I'd love to have you prove me wrong.
To add to my other remark:
I especially wish cancer and sterility on any children you might have; failing that, maybe a nice brutal murder. If you don't have children, then I'd be OK with a really serious accident mutilating you genitals followed by cancer and death.
No, seriously - suicide is too good for you.
I never said i was a nice person way deep down.
I hope you and everyone in your family gets a serious form of cancer and dies painfully within 6-9 months.
Entirely on the basis of that remark, I can confidently declare you the dick-suckin'-est dumbshit that ever has walked the face of the earth. I hope you get cancer and your entire family dies in horrible, painful accidents or as the result of rare tropical diseases that cause them to linger for decades in astounding pain. Really, I wish upon you the following - may your entire bloodline die out and have its DNA destroyed to the very last nucleotide so that there's not even the faintest hint of a possibility that your kind might once again arise and pollute our species. Also, go fuck yourself.
You deserve nothing but pain and death.
Blah blah. Fill in typical slashdot posting about how he's the same as the old boss, etc.
What the fuck is with this site? Was there this much focus on every single fucking thing the Bush administration did? Or did the coverage then just focus on the really egregious shit?
Oh, OK. You could have just said you were a bit of a lunatic and largely without any understanding of how modern economies and representative democracies work, and it would have been far easier all round.
And, really, I don't mean that personally - statements like "Congressional or treasury-approval does not imply my approval or permission," are a pretty solid indication that you've got completely imaginary views of how our government works, either currently or as intended by the framers of our constitution. Just "go Galt," or whatever and save everyone else the bother of dealing with you.
Technically speaking, a real bank would lend the assets of its depositors, in exchange for interest payment to those depositors.
Huh? Is inflation caused by banks lending money? Do we not permit banks to lend money but they do it anyway? Are you actually ranting about the federal reserve bank or the treasury or non-precious metal backed "fiat money?"
Did you actually read what you're responding to, or did you just skim for keywords? He's not blaming Republicans just because they're Republicans - he's blaming them because in his view the entire party has adopted a position based on ideological grounds that ignores current reality and the effects that implementing that strategy would have on the larger economy.
I'm not saying he's right or not; just that what he said isn't nearly as simplistic as you'd make it out to be. Maybe you should stop being a sheep.
Well, no; I was being sarcastic.
Dunno - that depends on how you define "true socialist society." If you think of it in Marx's philosophical terms, a socialist society is an intermediary point between the overthrow of capitalism and the development of true communism, and there could well be a place for banks in that kind of government. If you think the Soviet Union was a "true socialist state," then Gosbank is evidence that banks can exist in such a state.
Bu..buh.. but nationalizing banks, why thats... that's socialism! Having everyone but the responsible parties foot the bill for the excesses of the rich and privileged is just the American way - we're keeping the free market going!
Actually, I think you're missing the point made in the XKCD cartoon.
The cartoon is pointing out that focusing on the bonuses, which is what everything you've heard about AIG for the past couple weeks has focused on, is like focusing on the damage to the Titanic's paint job that the iceberg did. If anything, I think you might be in agreement - the cost to US is far larger than the compensation paid to individuals at AIG.
How dare you consider using perspective and logic? This is about anger and screaming and smashing stuff!
Hey, way to ignore the context and miss the whole point of things so you can rant about your political issues.
Perhaps not the best phrasing; it's a flaw in the design, but it's not like flaws that allow you to manipulate the vote database with impunity and without an audit trail, or manipulate the machines totals. It depends partly on shitty design, and partly on lack of education for the voters.
Interesting you should mention ATMs - I used one near my house the other day that would have allowed me to withdraw money from the previous user's account. It's one of those ones where you just swipe the card, and apparently the person who used it before me took their money and receipt and left, and didn't notice that it gave them a prompt to do another transaction afterwards. Shitty design - if you aren't keeping the card for the duration of the user session, allowing multiple transactions per swipe are a very stupid idea.
Apparently the people told voters that hitting the "Vote" button would complete their vote, when it actually just brought up a confirmation screen. It was after the voter left that the people charged went and changed the votes, then completed the vote.
So, yeah, that's definite election fraud and those involved should go to jail for a nice long stretch. But the headline leads you to believe this was somehow a voting machine flaw, rather than a social engineering attack based around shitty UI design ("Vote" means vote, not, "Confirm my Choices").
I'll point out that the distinction between an attributive noun and an adjective isn't semantic, it's a matter of lexical categorization, and the evidence I presented in the linked post is intended to make that clear. You originally said that software "is just an adjective in your example," which isn't true. As I've show, "software," is a noun - not just in my example, but generally.
And here again, that same mistake. Adjective isn't a generic term for a word that modified a noun, nor is it a term for given context under which a word may modify a noun - it's a lexical category. It's like saying that a lightbulb is a star in all but name since, like our sun, it too gives off light.
If you're going to be pedantic with people, you might at least make an effort to understand the terminology and concepts related to the discussion.
If you're going to pick on my spelling or word choice, you ought to proofread your post first.
Leaving out the auxiliary verb makes you look like an idiot who likes to take other people to task for stuff he doesn't fully grasp.
The fact that you find my explanation convoluted says far more about your capabilities than it does about my explanation.
But feel free to think as you like, or are able.
Presumably we ought to respect you coming right out and flaunting the fact you've got nothing worth saying?