I thought exactly the same thing -- the sentence is grammatical, if a little jarring (which may well have been the author's intent, considering the subject matter -- think about it). Try it again...
"There is continually talk that OO.org will eventually include a Grammar checker module"
It means exactly, "From time to time there is talk that OO.org will eventually include a Grammar checker module"
It is not good for slashdot that an illiterate howler gets approval and prominence; but a reasoned factual correction is effectively ignored.
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Well said,
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I thought exactly the same thing -- the sentence is grammatical, if a little jarring (which may well have been the author's intent, considering the subject matter -- think about it). Try it again
"There is continually talk that OO.org will eventually include a Grammar checker module"
It means exactly, "From time to time there is talk that OO.org will eventually include a Grammar checker module"
It is not good for slashdot that an illiterate howler gets approval and prominence; but a reasoned factual correction is effectively ignored.
define free will, please.
OK, here's an information theory type definition: The ability to create information
and from behaviourism:
an organism can be said to show freewill if its behaviour is uncomputable (and not merely random)