The point of my comment (which both the Evaluator and this AC commenter appear to have missed) is that JFK's line appears to have been given him by someone who had nearly no familiarity with German but did have an English-German dictionary and a firm belief that there exists a one-to-one mapping between English and German, words and idioms; a typical American, unfortunately. "Ich bin ein Berliner" means "I am one Berliner." Someone familiar with idiomatic German would most likely say something on the order of "Auch bin Ich Berliner": "I, too, am a Berliner."
I hope no one thinks this is a new problem. We had it back in the early 1960's (yes, really, all of a half-century ago). I once was told to attend a conference which stretched on for three days trying to get agreement on how long after the last change order the users would have to wait for delivery. The closest we could get to agreement was that if the change orders never stop there will never be delivery, and only the developers agreed to that: all the managers would agree to was "It can't be that bad."
I didn't go back after the first day; I had constructive things to do.
This is a really good thing. As the summary notes, this will teach kids logic and thinking systematically. . ..
Anything that teaches kids how to identify foggy thinking (or worse, untruth) has the potential of destroying "civilization as we know it." On the whole, this may not be a bad thing, though it certainly has the potential of being even more traumatic to the world than the collapse of Communism was to eastern Europe.
"Leave these programs running for a month and check out the huge difference in your power bill."
You're not married, are you? When I started running folding@home 24*7 I also started turning off the lights & tv's my wife was no longer using. Our electric bill dropped 8%.
A fair exchange IMHO.
The National City Lines exploit involved much more than just trollies in California. It also involved buying bus lines throughout the country and systematically putting them out of business. A part of the story can be found on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_City_Lines
When Congress was debating the Constitutional amendment to permit a federal income tax, the great Senator Borah assured the Senate that "the conscience of government" would guarantee that the federal income tax rate would never exceed 5%. This was the same Senator Borah who was a central figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
Whatever else government may be it is not trustworthy.
True, but this is not news. Corporate America has been like this since before Scott Adams was even a gleam in his father's eye, and will probably continue to be so indefinitely. Adams' invaluable contribution is that he shows us how to laugh at it instead of weeping.
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The point of my comment (which both the Evaluator and this AC commenter appear to have missed) is that JFK's line appears to have been given him by someone who had nearly no familiarity with German but did have an English-German dictionary and a firm belief that there exists a one-to-one mapping between English and German, words and idioms; a typical American, unfortunately. "Ich bin ein Berliner" means "I am one Berliner." Someone familiar with idiomatic German would most likely say something on the order of "Auch bin Ich Berliner": "I, too, am a Berliner."
Ich bin ein Berliner!
How many Berliners did he think we thought he was?
I hope no one thinks this is a new problem. We had it back in the early 1960's (yes, really, all of a half-century ago). I once was told to attend a conference which stretched on for three days trying to get agreement on how long after the last change order the users would have to wait for delivery. The closest we could get to agreement was that if the change orders never stop there will never be delivery, and only the developers agreed to that: all the managers would agree to was "It can't be that bad." I didn't go back after the first day; I had constructive things to do.
If I ever manage to forgive Card for killing Ender I may manage to develop interest in his politics.
This is a really good thing. As the summary notes, this will teach kids logic and thinking systematically. . . .
Anything that teaches kids how to identify foggy thinking (or worse, untruth) has the potential of destroying "civilization as we know it." On the whole, this may not be a bad thing, though it certainly has the potential of being even more traumatic to the world than the collapse of Communism was to eastern Europe.
What good are airline schedules if few flights are on time?
Well, at least they let us judge how bad "ontime performance" really is.
Don't you mean "mater certa"? Or did that Roman believe mothers masculine?
If it's a Prescott, certainly, but not if it's a Northwood. That's why Intel dropped Northwoods.
"Leave these programs running for a month and check out the huge difference in your power bill." You're not married, are you? When I started running folding@home 24*7 I also started turning off the lights & tv's my wife was no longer using. Our electric bill dropped 8%. A fair exchange IMHO.
The National City Lines exploit involved much more than just trollies in California. It also involved buying bus lines throughout the country and systematically putting them out of business. A part of the story can be found on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_City_Lines
Whatever else government may be it is not trustworthy.
True, but this is not news. Corporate America has been like this since before Scott Adams was even a gleam in his father's eye, and will probably continue to be so indefinitely. Adams' invaluable contribution is that he shows us how to laugh at it instead of weeping.