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Started by Gaspar, July 27, 2012, 07:24:40 AM

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Red Arrow

#15
July 28, 2012, 11:10:15 PM
Quote from: nathanm on July 28, 2012, 08:41:09 PM
I'll agree with that. Better a not good solution than no solution, though. ;)

Sometimes no solution is better than a not good solution.  We disagree again. Oh well.
 

nathanm

#16
July 28, 2012, 11:40:54 PM
Quote from: Red Arrow on July 28, 2012, 11:10:15 PM
Sometimes no solution is better than a not good solution.  We disagree again. Oh well.

Sometimes that is indeed the case.
"Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration" --Abraham Lincoln

Red Arrow

#17
July 28, 2012, 11:58:23 PM
Quote from: nathanm on July 28, 2012, 11:40:54 PM
Sometimes that is indeed the case.

Is the case we disagree?

Is the case that sometimes no solution is better than a not good solution?

Please note that I eliminated the "or" condition to preclude a simple yes or no answer.
 

nathanm

#18
July 29, 2012, 02:46:20 AM
You failed in your attempt to preclude a specific answer. The most appropriate response is in fact "yes." ;)
"Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration" --Abraham Lincoln

Red Arrow

#19
July 29, 2012, 10:17:53 AM
Quote from: nathanm on July 29, 2012, 02:46:20 AM
You failed in your attempt to preclude a specific answer. The most appropriate response is in fact "yes." ;)

Not quite.  You only answered one of two questions.  Which one did you answer?  You obviously didn't run out of Marshall's.
 

nathanm

#20
July 29, 2012, 07:36:09 PM
Quote from: Red Arrow on July 29, 2012, 10:17:53 AM
Not quite.  You only answered one of two questions.  Which one did you answer?  You obviously didn't run out of Marshall's.

An affirmative answer to multiple questions can be conveyed in a single word: Yes.
"Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration" --Abraham Lincoln

Red Arrow

#21
July 29, 2012, 09:06:32 PM
Quote from: nathanm on July 29, 2012, 07:36:09 PM
An affirmative answer to multiple questions can be conveyed in a single word: Yes.

Then you should have replied with multiple "yes" answers.  One for each question to avoid ambiguity.
 

Hoss

#22
July 29, 2012, 09:36:51 PM
Quote from: Red Arrow on July 29, 2012, 09:06:32 PM
Then you should have replied with multiple "yes" answers.  One for each question to avoid ambiguity.

Wow.

Red Arrow

#23
July 29, 2012, 09:58:55 PM
Quote from: Hoss on July 29, 2012, 09:36:51 PM
Wow.

Wow?  I realize Nathan is just being a PITA, but Wow?
 

Hoss

#24
July 29, 2012, 10:05:44 PM
Quote from: Red Arrow on July 29, 2012, 09:58:55 PM
Wow?  I realize Nathan is just being a PITA, but Wow?

Yep.  Wow.

Red Arrow

#25
July 29, 2012, 10:11:54 PM
Quote from: Hoss on July 29, 2012, 10:05:44 PM
Yep.  Wow.

Please explain why asking for multiple answers to multiple questions, even if the answer to each is the same, is worth a "wow". 
 

Hoss

#26
July 29, 2012, 11:25:32 PM
Quote from: Red Arrow on July 29, 2012, 10:11:54 PM
Please explain why asking for multiple answers to multiple questions, even if the answer to each is the same, is worth a "wow". 

Because I think it is?

Believe it or not RA, people are not indemnified to answer you if they don't want to.  He answered you with a yes.  You respond with 'well you didn't answer the other question'.  I can almost hear the raspberries.

And yes, I am not out of Marshalls.

carltonplace

#27
July 30, 2012, 09:15:38 AM
Quote from: Hoss on July 29, 2012, 11:25:32 PM


And yes, I am not out of Marshalls.

Unthinkable. I can't imagine the horror.

Red Arrow

#28
July 30, 2012, 12:27:10 PM
Quote from: carltonplace on July 30, 2012, 09:15:38 AM
Unthinkable. I can't imagine the horror.

QuoteAnd yes, I am not out of Marshalls.

How can not being out of Marshall's be a horror?
 

Hoss

#29
July 30, 2012, 01:03:02 PM
Quote from: Red Arrow on July 30, 2012, 12:27:10 PM
How can not being out of Marshall's be a horror?


Never stated that it was.  I was making a statement of fact.
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