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From: jmfbahciv on 9 Dec 2006 08:15 In article <op.tj9jrzl326l578(a)borek>, Borek <m.borkowski(a)delete.chembuddy.these.com.parts> wrote: >On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:12:50 +0100, Lloyd Parker <lparker(a)emory.edu> wrote: > >>> The way the Democrats tested reactions >>> of the US was to go to Europe and give a speech that contained >>> the ideas they wanted a reaction test. BBC would report on >>> the speech. The American news media would report on what >>> the BBC reported minus the fact that it came from some guy's >>> speech. The politician would then watch to see how the >>> voters of the US received it. What you saw a the Democrat >>> platform had been vetted through Europe this way. >>> >> >> Well, considering Europeans are healthier, are happier, live longer, are >> more educated and more literate, etc., maybe we could take some lessons. > >We do? Good, I am not moving anywehere. <grin> You detected the attitude, too. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 9 Dec 2006 09:07 In article <A_OdnUMqWa0ZOOTYnZ2dnUVZ8siknZ2d(a)pipex.net>, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:elbl6e$8ss_003(a)s848.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <ddudnfxoXvqG1OXYRVnysQ(a)pipex.net>, >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>> >>>"Lloyd Parker" <lparker(a)emory.edu> wrote in message >>>news:el991p$qc5$1(a)leto.cc.emory.edu... >>>> In article <el6i3f$8qk_002(a)s867.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >>>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>><snip for brevity> >>> >>>>>So? That's how you do this buying your house biz if you >>>>>are going to take out a loan. You can also take out a >>>>>loan that includes the down payment. Is it now a sin >>>>>to save for the down payment? >>>>> >>>>>/BAH >>>> >>>> No, but it means young people have to put off buying a house while they >>>> do. >>> >>>Which maintains the circle. While the young people are trying to save, >>>they >>>have to pay rent. While they try to save house prices go up, rent goes and >>>their savings become a lower percentage of the deposit. >> >> If you don't want to pay rent, then don't rent. One of my >> brothers started out with a trailer. >> > >"Let them eat cake." > >Where did he get the trailer from? He bought it. > Where did he park it? The place he bought it from. >All things which >are a privilege not a right. He paid for that property. He used the money he and his wife earned to pay for that property. This has nothing to do with privilege nor rights. It has everything to do with self-sufficiency and no expectations for a handout. > You continue to make all manner of assumptions >about things _everyone_ should do to enable them to live in a [Marxist] >style _you_ find acceptable. Insane. For those who are lurking...another way to get started owning one's home is to rent the house you want to buy. Part of that rent is used towards the purchase price of the house. > >You should continue to ignore my posts. Sigh! OK. /BAH
From: T Wake on 9 Dec 2006 09:13 <hill(a)rowland.org> wrote in message news:1165669215.800813.245470(a)f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > hill(a)rowland.org wrote: >> Winfield Hill wrote: >>> Winfield Hill wrote: >>>> Michael A. Terrell wrote: >>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: >>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 4200 postings and still going strong. Amazing. >>>>>> >>>>>> Wow, now 7200 posts and still going strong. And most >>>>>> of the posts were under the original subject title. This >>>>>> must be some kind of a record. Certainly it's a stress >>>>>> test for the Google Groups web-page display code, etc. >>>>> >>>>> Never have so many, said so much, about so little! ;-) >>>>> >>>>> I heard of one long flame war that passed 10K posts, >>>>> but I never found out which newsgroup. >>>> >>>> We passed 9000 on the 14th, and are now within 100 posts >>>> of 10,000. Keep up the good work guys, you can do it! >>> >>> Good job guys and gals, over 10,000 posts, and still >>> going strong. And still on topic more or less. I've only >>> read a smattering of the posts here and there, and there's >>> a minimum of flaming SFAICS. Nice to see. >> >> Still going strong, over 11,300 posts, no sign of slowing. > > Impressive, zoomed right past 12,000 without slowing, now > at 12130 posts and climbing towards 13000, going strong. It is slowing down a lot now though. I remember when each time I checked sci.physics there were a hundred new posts in this thread.
From: T Wake on 9 Dec 2006 09:17 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:elebvn$8ss_003(a)s907.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <uIidnf5bE6H7N-TYnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d(a)pipex.net>, > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>news:elblsn$8ss_006(a)s848.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>> In article <el9aj0$qc5$11(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, >>> lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >>>>In article <el91mu$8ss_002(a)s856.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >>>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>>>Are you joking? Let's back up. What is the characteristic >>>>>the makes a country to be classified as third world? >>>>> >>>>>/BAH >>>> >>>>Originally, that it wasn't aligned with the US or USSR. >>> >>> OK. At least we have a similar definition. >>> >>>> Then it became more >>>>of a descriptor of the level of development, industrialization, etc. >>> >>> When did that happen? The decade will be close enough. >> >> >>1970's. > > I've been reading histories of the UN that include that decade. > They hadn't redefined the term in those books. Was there > a resolution that stated the redefinition? It isn't something which is defined by UN resolution. The "third world" was coined by a French demographer. The UN may use it's own terms to define first, second or third world nations, who cares? It has nothing to do with your argument here.
From: jmfbahciv on 9 Dec 2006 09:14
In article <1165669215.800813.245470(a)f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, hill(a)rowland.org wrote: >hill(a)rowland.org wrote: >> Winfield Hill wrote: >>> Winfield Hill wrote: >>>> Michael A. Terrell wrote: >>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: >>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 4200 postings and still going strong. Amazing. >>>>>> >>>>>> Wow, now 7200 posts and still going strong. And most >>>>>> of the posts were under the original subject title. This >>>>>> must be some kind of a record. Certainly it's a stress >>>>>> test for the Google Groups web-page display code, etc. >>>>> >>>>> Never have so many, said so much, about so little! ;-) >>>>> >>>>> I heard of one long flame war that passed 10K posts, >>>>> but I never found out which newsgroup. >>>> >>>> We passed 9000 on the 14th, and are now within 100 posts >>>> of 10,000. Keep up the good work guys, you can do it! >>> >>> Good job guys and gals, over 10,000 posts, and still >>> going strong. And still on topic more or less. I've only >>> read a smattering of the posts here and there, and there's >>> a minimum of flaming SFAICS. Nice to see. >> >> Still going strong, over 11,300 posts, no sign of slowing. > > Impressive, zoomed right past 12,000 without slowing, now > at 12130 posts and climbing towards 13000, going strong. I'm not familiar with web-flavored coding. Would the next threshold be 100,000? Or is there another trick of the trade? /BAH |