Oh right. I've always wondered why we don't use Mega, too. I guess it's a relic of all the people who grew up using imperial measurements trying to connect the two. I was not aware that the different spellings of tonne had significance until now. Ton is already ambiguous (long/short) without metric tonnes though.
What's so silly about 'some of the alternative voting schemes where if you don't like the candidates your vote gets distributed around until your least-objectionable candidate gets it'?
More ridicule. You seem completely unwilling to concede on this issue, despite both it being obviously wrong, and nothing your argument relies upon.
You've changed your argument now. It's gone from denying that your response about the character length of "argument" was a misrepresentation of the author's intended point, to arguing that "argument" could not be considered a big word "by any standard".
"argument" can be considered a big word for a 'simple observation' in the sense that it is too grand a title for it. Whether or not it is too grand a title, and whether or not the great-great-etc parent only actually made a 'simple observation' is irrelevant (not that you've denied this, I'm just saying).
The issue comes down to: Did you or did you not imply or claim that when it was said that "argument" was "such a big word for a simple observation" that the author's intended argument was that "argument" had too many characters to refer to something that was a 'simple observation'. If you did that, then you have made a strawman argument.
It is clear that you did either imply or claim this. You have either done this accidentally, from incomprehensible stupidity, or intentionally, but refuse to admit it.
So, did you not imply or claim that the author thought that the word "argument" had too many characters?
Whether on not my example of a possible true intention is weak or not is irrelevant. The true intention was clearly not to comment on the number of characters in the word. A point which your weak critical thinking nazism has yet to address.
In addition to this it seems that "Of course, if you actually think "argument" is a big word. .." is a false appeal to ridicule.
I won't even bother with the rest of your post, but you are guilty yourself of Strawman. You're misrepresenting the claim that "argument" is "such a big word for a simple observation" as the incredibly weak argument that "argument" is 'such a long word for a simple observation' rather than the true intention that is more likely to be that "argument" is the wrong word to describe his "simple observation".
...my mom got scared, she said "You're moving in with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air!"
I whistled for a cab and when it came near, the license plate said "Fresh" and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare but thought "naw forget it. Yo holmes, to Bel-air!"
I pulled up to the house about seven or eight and said to the cabbie "Yo holmes, smell ya later." Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there. To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel-air.
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In an even juster world they would be help accountable without being executed.
As in: "This technology is a way fer thin speakers to be improved."
Thanks, I'm really glad now that I personally approved these actions by the Government.
Yeah, I heard it was going to be examined by top men.
Is that your banking password?
3-Strong For a dvorak compatible Slashdot!
Even better, fill the tank with Melange. You won't even need a computer anymore!
Every country has its flaws, and every country has its braggers. The UK is no exception.
Oh right. I've always wondered why we don't use Mega, too. I guess it's a relic of all the people who grew up using imperial measurements trying to connect the two. I was not aware that the different spellings of tonne had significance until now. Ton is already ambiguous (long/short) without metric tonnes though.
A megagram is also 1000kg, of course.
For sufficiently finite values of infinity.
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What's so silly about 'some of the alternative voting schemes where if you don't like the candidates your vote gets distributed around until your least-objectionable candidate gets it'?
It's sufficient for all practical purposes to have 'demonstrate beyond any doubt' mean 'demonstrate sufficiently for all practical purposes'.
More like, they don't got TOO far enough!
I hear this phrase all the time. What does it mean?
More ridicule. You seem completely unwilling to concede on this issue, despite both it being obviously wrong, and nothing your argument relies upon.
You've changed your argument now. It's gone from denying that your response about the character length of "argument" was a misrepresentation of the author's intended point, to arguing that "argument" could not be considered a big word "by any standard".
"argument" can be considered a big word for a 'simple observation' in the sense that it is too grand a title for it. Whether or not it is too grand a title, and whether or not the great-great-etc parent only actually made a 'simple observation' is irrelevant (not that you've denied this, I'm just saying).
The issue comes down to: Did you or did you not imply or claim that when it was said that "argument" was "such a big word for a simple observation" that the author's intended argument was that "argument" had too many characters to refer to something that was a 'simple observation'. If you did that, then you have made a strawman argument.
It is clear that you did either imply or claim this. You have either done this accidentally, from incomprehensible stupidity, or intentionally, but refuse to admit it.
So, did you not imply or claim that the author thought that the word "argument" had too many characters?
By non-sequitur?
Whether on not my example of a possible true intention is weak or not is irrelevant. The true intention was clearly not to comment on the number of characters in the word. A point which your weak critical thinking nazism has yet to address.
In addition to this it seems that "Of course, if you actually think "argument" is a big word. . ." is a false appeal to ridicule.
I won't even bother with the rest of your post, but you are guilty yourself of Strawman. You're misrepresenting the claim that "argument" is "such a big word for a simple observation" as the incredibly weak argument that "argument" is 'such a long word for a simple observation' rather than the true intention that is more likely to be that "argument" is the wrong word to describe his "simple observation".
...my mom got scared, she said "You're moving in with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air!"
I whistled for a cab and when it came near, the license plate said "Fresh" and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I could say that this cab was rare but thought "naw forget it. Yo holmes, to Bel-air!"
I pulled up to the house about seven or eight and said to the cabbie "Yo holmes, smell ya later." Looked at my kingdom, I was finally there. To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel-air.
How is this "blame everyone else"? This is more like "trust your child to behave responsibly to encourage responsible behaviour".
An explicit fact with an implicit conclusion.