549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
$Zero
http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250 for October so
far?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/about
yikes.
and whoa.
now granted, Google's counts are _always_ suspect, still...
it's at least _somewhat_ ballpark.
...
anyway, when i titled this, i probably should have put the word
"posts" in quotes.
but why bother w/ such pedantic accuracy?
"for the time's they are a changin'..."
-- Bob Dylan
yeah, right.
well, they are, i suppose, but they sure ain't get better.
the peddlers of fear and loathing have _completely_ taken over.
oh well.
you can't say you weren't warned.
no consolation there.
...
it takes a genuine sense of humor to maintain sanity.
hence the decline of society in general.
especially given those who are now pulling its strings.
and i don't mean the Democrats, either.
closing punchline not available:
(withheld due to budget cuts).
-$Zero...
Definition of Stupidity
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/8b3370f150598859
Bill Penrose
> 549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
Most folks have transported to Facebook.
DB
$Zero
yeah, right.
first they blamed it on the blogs.
then twitter.
now facebook.
scapegoats, all.
"If you want a picture of the future,
imagine a boot stomping on a
human face -- forever."
-- George Orwell
-$Zero...
my business card has just one word:
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/24d5a5f3e1d6875e
Alan Hope
<zero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>
> http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
>
>and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250 for October so
>far?
Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
Alan Hope
<zero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Oct 23, 1:37�am, Bill Penrose <dangerousb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Oct 22, 2:03�pm, "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > 549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>>
>> Most folks have transported to Facebook.
Mainly to get away from Zero.
>yeah, right.
>
>first they blamed it on the blogs.
>
>then twitter.
>
>now facebook.
>
>scapegoats, all.
>
> "If you want a picture of the future,
> imagine a boot stomping on a
> human face -- forever."
> -- George Orwell
>
>-$Zero...
>
> my business card has just one word:
> http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/24d5a5f3e1d6875e
>
>
>
>
>
>
$Zero
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
>
> >549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>
> > http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
>
> >and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250 for October so
> >far?
>
> Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
so when i posted that fact, there _wasn't_ less than 250 posts for
October?
Gawd.
yep.
-$Zero...
somehow i forgot to type the word "and".
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/e1932e9fa91562ed
$Zero
>
> >On Oct 23, 1:37 am, Bill Penrose <dangerousb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Oct 22, 2:03 pm, "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> > 549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>
> >> Most folks have transported to Facebook.
>
> Mainly to get away from Zero.
always looking for a pointless fight, aren't ya?
but you never seem to find the time to get around to finishing that
essay.
you're just another textbook case.
> >yeah, right.
>
> >first they blamed it on the blogs.
>
> >then twitter.
>
> >now facebook.
>
> >scapegoats, all.
>
> > "If you want a picture of the future,
> > imagine a boot stomping on a
> > human face -- forever."
> > -- George Orwell
>
> >-$Zero...
>
> > my business card has just one word:
> > http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/24d5a5f3e1d6875e
-$Zero...
the best thing about being a writer -- part XXXVIIII
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/bd5d0e47f28b16a7
Towse
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> <zero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>>
>> http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
>>
>> and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250 for October so
>> far?
>
> Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
... and "are" (there're) not "is" (there's) ... but we don't nitpick
posts here.
--
Sal
Ye olde swarm of links: thousands of links for writers, researchers and
the terminally curious <http://writers.internet-resources.com>
$Zero
> Alan Hope wrote:
> > On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> > <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> 549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>
> >> http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
>
> >> and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250 for
> >> October so far?
>
> > Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
>
> ... and "are" (there're) not "is" (there's) ... but we don't nitpick
> posts here.
anyway, when i titled this, i probably
should have put the word "posts" in quotes.
but why bother w/ such pedantic accuracy?
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/c5cd78d7665d58b2
-$Zero...
my business card has just one word:
$Zero
using extremely plain lettering, too.
right smack in the middle of the card.
no elaborations whatsoever.
no contact info.
no cutesy slogans.
no fancy logos.
i hand them out to whomever i meet.
keeps me very busy.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/24d5a5f3e1d6875e
$Zero
> > On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> > <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> 549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>
> >> http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
>
> >> and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250 for
> >> October so far?
>
> > Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
>
> ... and "are" (there're) not "is" (there's) ... but we don't nitpick
> posts here.
BTW: the condition spoken about above is singular, not plural.
FYI.
the best thing about being a writer -- part XIX
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/9cc5f4136c5d8c3b
-$Zero...
>> Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
>
> ... and "are" (there're) not "is" (there's)
> ... but we don't nitpick posts here.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/826c0685662c3f4d
Alan Hope
<zero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Oct 23, 10:07�am, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
>>
>> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>>
>> > �http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
>>
>> >and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250 for October so
>> >far?
>>
>> Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
>
>so when i posted that fact, there _wasn't_ less than 250 posts for
>October?
No, there were fewer than 250 posts.
Alan Hope
<zero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Oct 23, 5:02�pm, Towse <s...@towse.com> wrote:
>> Alan Hope wrote:
>> > On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
>> > <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> 549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>>
>> >> �http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
>>
>> >> and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250 for
>> >> October so far?
>>
>> > Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
>>
>> ... and "are" (there're) not "is" (there's) ... but we don't nitpick
>> posts here.
>
>BTW: the condition spoken about above is singular, not plural.
>
>FYI.
You could never be a pedant, because you're too much of an ignoramus.
>
> the best thing about being a writer -- part XIX
> http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/9cc5f4136c5d8c3b
>
>-$Zero...
>
> >> Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
> >
> > ... and "are" (there're) not "is" (there's)
> > ... but we don't nitpick posts here.
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/826c0685662c3f4d
$Zero
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:25:40 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Oct 23, 10:07 am, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> >> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>
> >> > http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
>
> >> >and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250 for October so
> >> >far?
>
> >> Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
>
> >so when i posted that fact, there _wasn't_ less than 250 posts
> >for October?
>
> No, there were fewer than 250 posts.
so, "less than 250" is not a quantity?
i see.
-$Zero...
it takes a genuine sense of humor to maintain sanity.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/c5cd78d7665d58b2
$Zero
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:49:04 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Oct 23, 5:02 pm, Towse <s...@towse.com> wrote:
> >> Alan Hope wrote:
> >> > On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> >> > <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> >> 549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>
> >> >> http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
>
> >> >> and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250 for
> >> >> October so far?
>
> >> > Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
>
> >> ... and "are" (there're) not "is" (there's) ... but we don't nitpick
> >> posts here.
>
> >BTW: the condition spoken about above is singular, not plural.
>
> >FYI.
>
> You could never be a pedant, because you're too much of an ignoramus.
you could never be a creative genius because you're too much of a know-
it-all.
regardless, the condition spoken about above IS singular, not plural.
so sorry that you can't even be a pedant.
> > the best thing about being a writer -- part XIX
> > http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/9cc5f4136c5d8c3b
>
> >-$Zero...
>
> > >> Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
>
> > > ... and "are" (there're) not "is" (there's)
> > > ... but we don't nitpick posts here.
>
> > http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/826c0685662c3f4d
-$Zero...
it's the pattern recognition.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/2e243acbcc643209
$Zero
oops, wrong goog-link.
it's the pattern recognition.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/984f3ca6ebbb38f4
-$Zero...
i've been whoooooooshed!
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/a98872f175341c01
Alan Hope
<zero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Oct 24, 3:50�pm, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:25:40 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
>> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >On Oct 23, 10:07�am, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
>> >> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>>
>> >> > �http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
>>
>> >> >and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250 for October so
>> >> >far?
>>
>> >> Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
>>
>> >so when i posted that fact, there _wasn't_ less than 250 posts
>> >for October?
>>
>> No, there were fewer than 250 posts.
>
>so, "less than 250" is not a quantity?
250 is a number.
>i see.
No you don't.
$Zero
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:08:19 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Oct 24, 3:50 pm, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:25:40 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> >> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >On Oct 23, 10:07 am, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> >> >> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>
> >> >> > http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
>
> >> >> >and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250
> >> >> >for October so far?
>
> >> >> Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
>
> >> >so when i posted that fact, there _wasn't_ less than 250 posts
> >> >for October?
>
> >> No, there were fewer than 250 posts.
>
> >so, "less than 250" is not a quantity?
>
> 250 is a number.
no shit, Sherlock.
but "less than 250" is a quantity.
duh.
> >i see.
>
> No you don't.
i see you squirming, as usual.
-$Zero...
writing is nothing more than a physical act.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/941cb95bac0e6cf6
Alan Hope
<zero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Oct 24, 8:39�pm, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:08:19 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
>> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >On Oct 24, 3:50�pm, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:25:40 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
>> >> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >On Oct 23, 10:07�am, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
>> >> >> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> >549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>>
>> >> >> > �http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
>>
>> >> >> >and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250
>> >> >> >for October so far?
>>
>> >> >> Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
>>
>> >> >so when i posted that fact, there _wasn't_ less than 250 posts
>> >> >for October?
>>
>> >> No, there were fewer than 250 posts.
>>
>> >so, "less than 250" is not a quantity?
>>
>> 250 is a number.
>
>no shit, Sherlock.
>
>but "less than 250" is a quantity.
No. It's a number.
>duh.
Dimbulb.
$Zero
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:53:45 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> >On Oct 24, 8:39 pm, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:08:19 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> >> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >On Oct 24, 3:50 pm, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:25:40 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> >> >> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >On Oct 23, 10:07 am, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:03:22 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> >> >> >> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >549 mw posts in September? Lowest in 16 years.
>
> >> >> >> > http://i38.tinypic.com/2q8yg7s.jpg
>
> >> >> >> >and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250
> >> >> >> >for October so far?
>
> >> >> >> Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
>
> >> >> >so when i posted that fact, there _wasn't_ less than 250 posts
> >> >> >for October?
>
> >> >> No, there were fewer than 250 posts.
>
> >> >so, "less than 250" is not a quantity?
>
> >> 250 is a number.
>
> >no shit, Sherlock.
>
> >but "less than 250" is a quantity.
>
> No. It's a number.
by that silly standard, everything's a number. duh.
> >duh.
>
> Dimbulb.
ya.
that's what i'm saying.
arrogant dimbulb, besides.
-$Zero...
the best thing about being a writer -- part LXXVI
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/f8c2c3acec8c8de5
Alan Hope
250 is a number, right?
So "less than 250" is also a number, right?
Except, since it's a number, you have to say, "fewer than 250". Got
that?
>> >duh.
>> Dimbulb.
>ya.
It's not difficult to small children. It's difficult for you, though.
$Zero
we shall concede this.
> So "less than 250" is also a number, right?
no. "less than 250" is a range of quanties that share only one thing:
they are all less than 250.
same with Milk. or eggs. or paint.
"we used less than 2 gallons of paint."
"between the three of us, we ate less than a dozen eggs."
"give me less than 32 ounces of Milk, please."
duh.
"30 ounces of milk is 2 ounces less than a quart."
> Except, since it's a number, you have to say, "fewer than 250".
don't have to. nope.
> Got that?
got milk?
> >> >duh.
> >> Dimbulb.
> >ya.
>
> It's not difficult to small children.
dumb, obedient children, maybe.
> It's difficult for you, though.
it's difficult for you to live in a world that does not comply to your
silly demands, isn't it?
NEWSFLASH: life is not cut and dry.
nor is language.
sorry.
-$Zero...
it is then that the concept of permission comes in, as
well as who's permission is preventing the can doing. duh.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/8bfce74d093eb787
Alan Hope
No. If 250 is a number, then "less than 250" is also a number.
>same with Milk. or eggs. or paint.
250 milk? 250 paint? What language are you speaking?
> "we used less than 2 gallons of paint."
2 gallons is not a number, it's a quantity.
> "between the three of us, we ate less than a dozen eggs."
Fewer than a dozen. A dozen is a number.
> "give me less than 32 ounces of Milk, please."
32 ounces is a quantity.
>duh.
> "30 ounces of milk is 2 ounces less than a quart."
Ounces and quarts are not numbers. They're quantities.
>> Except, since it's a number, you have to say, "fewer than 250".
>don't have to. nope.
In English you do. Unless you're content to have people think you're
an ignoramus. Oh wait ...
>> Got that?
>got milk?
You're not only clueless, you're resistant to clues.
>> >> >duh.
>> >> Dimbulb.
>> >ya.
>>
>> It's not difficult to small children.
>
>dumb, obedient children, maybe.
>
>> It's difficult for you, though.
>
>it's difficult for you to live in a world that does not comply to your
>silly demands, isn't it?
>
>NEWSFLASH: life is not cut and dry.
>
>nor is language.
>
>sorry.
>
>-$Zero...
>
> it is then that the concept of permission comes in, as
> well as who's permission is preventing the can doing. duh.
> http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/8bfce74d093eb787
$Zero
"less than 250" is not a number, it's a quantity. duh.
> >same with Milk. or eggs. or paint.
>
> 250 milk? 250 paint?
what are those, addresses?
toll-free 800 numbers,perhaps?
> What language are you speaking?
English.
> > "we used less than 2 gallons of paint."
>
> 2 gallons is not a number, it's a quantity.
so is "250 posts".
not to mention "less than 250 posts".
> > "between the three of us, we ate less than a dozen eggs."
>
> Fewer than a dozen. A dozen is a number.
a "dozen eggs" is a number but "2 gallons of paint" is not.
i see.
at least you're inconsistent.
you've got that going for you.
> > "give me less than 32 ounces of Milk, please."
>
> 32 ounces is a quantity.
but 250 posts is a number.
God you're brilliant, aren't you?.
> >duh.
> > "30 ounces of milk is 2 ounces less than a quart."
>
> Ounces and quarts are not numbers. They're quantities.
ounces and quarts are not numbers?
you might want to first figure out what a quantity is, genius.
> >> Except, since it's a number, you have to say, "fewer than 250".
> >don't have to. nope.
>
> In English you do.
nope. don't.
> Unless you're content to have people think you're
> an ignoramus. Oh wait ...
snorefest.
> >> Got that?
> >got milk?
>
> You're not only clueless, you're resistant to clues.
clues. yikes.
you wouldn't know a clue if it were dressed up in 2 gallons of paint.
> >> >> >duh.
> >> >> Dimbulb.
> >> >ya.
>
> >> It's not difficult to small children.
>
> >dumb, obedient children, maybe.
>
> >> It's difficult for you, though.
>
> >it's difficult for you to live in a world that does not comply to your
> >silly demands, isn't it?
>
> >NEWSFLASH: life is not cut and dry.
>
> >nor is language.
>
> >sorry.
>
> >-$Zero...
>
> > it is then that the concept of permission comes in, as
> > well as who's permission is preventing the can doing. duh.
> > http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/8bfce74d093eb787
-$Zero...
if your dictionary contains the word gullible, you've been had.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/fa13c097f3fb5bb5
Alan Hope
<zero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>a "dozen eggs" is a number but "2 gallons of paint" is not.
>
>i see.
>
>at least you're inconsistent.
>
>you've got that going for you.
You're too stupid to be breathing.
$Zero
> On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:23:03 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
>
>
> >a "dozen eggs" is a number but "2 gallons of paint" is not.
>
> >i see.
>
> >at least you're inconsistent.
>
> >you've got that going for you.
>
> You're too stupid to be breathing.
that's a nice white flag you're waving have there, albeit tattered and
full of snot.
here's what you snipped:
> 32 ounces is a quantity.
but 250 posts is a number?
God you're brilliant, aren't you?.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/99fd32e60a6036f3
among many other things.
surrender accepted.
now fuck off, you pretentious coward.
-$Zero...
you wouldn't know a clue if it were dressed up in 2 gallons of
paint.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/99fd32e60a6036f3
Alan Hope
<zero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Oct 28, 10:50�am, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:23:03 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
>>
>> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >a "dozen eggs" is a number but "2 gallons of paint" is not.
>>
>> >i see.
>>
>> >at least you're inconsistent.
>>
>> >you've got that going for you.
>>
>> You're too stupid to be breathing.
>
>that's a nice white flag you're waving have there, albeit tattered and
>full of snot.
I'm afraid it's true.
>here's what you snipped:
> > 32 ounces is a quantity.
> but 250 posts is a number?
Yes. Can't you see the difference? Well no, I already know you can't,
and not only that, you refuse to admit there is one.
> God you're brilliant, aren't you?.
> http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/99fd32e60a6036f3
>among many other things.
>surrender accepted.
>now fuck off, you pretentious coward.
You don't become less stupid just by pretending not to know you're
stupid. That in fact makes you even more stupid than before.
Look: I'll make it painfully plain, not for you, because you'll still
not get it, but for everyone else: painfully plain just how utterly
fucking stupid you are. Here we go.
Paint. Can you count it? No. So it's not a number. Paint comes in
quantities. Not numbers. You have less paint.
Golf balls. Can you count them? Yes. Golf balls come in numbers. You
have fewer golf balls.
Sand. Can you count it? No. Less sand.
Sandcastles. Can you count them? Yes. Fewer sandcastles.
Now everyone can watch Zero come back and try to pretend he either
knew it all along, or doesn't believe it now. Either way, he'll be
painting himself deeper into the Stupid Twat corner. And doing it at
my command, in front of everyone.
So those posts, Zero -- can you count them?
$Zero
> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:21:48 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Oct 28, 10:50 am, Alan Hope <usenet.ident...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:23:03 -0700 (PDT), in misc.writing "$Zero"
>
> >> <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> >a "dozen eggs" is a number but "2 gallons of paint" is not.
>
> >> >i see.
>
> >> >at least you're inconsistent.
>
> >> >you've got that going for you.
>
> >> You're too stupid to be breathing.
>
> >albeit tattered and full of snot.
>
> I'm afraid it's true.
you're afraid.
that's true.
> >here's what you snipped:
> > > 32 ounces is a quantity.
> > but 250 posts is a number?
>
> Yes. Can't you see the difference?
posts and ounces.
can you not see how they are NOT different as it pertains to the
questions at hand, Dimbulb?
> Well no, I already know you can't,
> and not only that, you refuse to admit there is one.
someone is refusing to admit stuff, but it sure as hell ain't moi,
Dimbulb.
> > God you're brilliant, aren't you?.
> > http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/99fd32e60a6036f3
> >among many other things.
> >surrender accepted.
> >now fuck off, you pretentious coward.
>
> You don't become less stupid just by pretending not to know you're
> stupid. That in fact makes you even more stupid than before.
posturing as though you're smart doesn't make you less stupid either.
stupid is stupid.
you are what you are.
> Look: I'll make it painfully plain, not for you,
no, dear Lord, no.
not for moi, no. absolutely not.
we all know who it's for.
it's for those who think you look awful stupid right now.
have at them, Dimbulb.
> Look: I'll make it painfully plain, not for you,
> because you'll still not get it, but for everyone else:
yep.
you've got the floor, genius.
> painfully plain just how utterly
> fucking stupid you are.
yes.
how stupid i am, yes.
that's the ticket!
> Here we go.
get to it, will ya?
> Paint. Can you count it? No.
2 gallons of paint.
counted.
done.
> So it's not a number. Paint comes in
> quantities. Not numbers.
don't they have Sears and Roebuck where you fester?
> You have less paint.
you have less brains than moi.
> Golf balls. Can you count them? Yes.
only if you can find them, otherwise, no.
> Golf balls come in numbers. You
> have fewer golf balls.
you have fewer brain cells than brains.
> Sand. Can you count it? No.
2 buckets of sand.
counted.
> Less sand.
there is more sand in your head than brain cells.
> Sandcastles. Can you count them? Yes. Fewer sandcastles.
there are less sandcastles on the east coast than the west.
because of two main factors:
1] the weather
2] the politics of sandcastle makers.
> Now everyone can watch Zero come back and try to pretend
> he either knew it all along, or doesn't believe it now.
you actually think you've covered all the bases?
would that be fewer bases or less bases than you thought?
can you count them?
duh.
> Either way, he'll be painting himself deeper into the
> Stupid Twat corner.
uh uh.
the Stupid Twat corner.
are their four such corners or fewer?
> And doing it at my command, in front of everyone.
yeah.
next up: i'm your chewtoy.
> So those posts, Zero -- can you count them?
no.
because they are, and were, uncountable.
there were less than 250.
that is all that was proffered.
digest that for awhile.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/3b5572d2a3b0dd70
and here you are, still wrong after all that typing.
and still wrong after all that "thinking".
-$Zero...
i shall now turn my attention to your utter nonsense
about "less" verses "fewer" in another thread.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/3b5572d2a3b0dd70
gekko
Penrose <danger...@gmail.com> when they're posting on misc.writing-
ingbird hill:
>
> Most folks have transported to Facebook.
>
You have numbers, or just doing your gut feel thing?
--
gekko
Wit is educated insolence. - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
$Zero
> --
> gekko
>
> Wit is educated insolence. - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
wrong thread.
-$Zero...
the art of being blunt
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/edc8bf6488811edf
Thomas Armagost
>
> and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250 for October so
> far?
You say that like it's a bad thing.
;-)
I noticed that talk.bizarre and especially rec.arts.sf.composition seem to
be hurting a bit these days.
OTOH, alt.slack just keeps rolling along. Oblivious of the fact that usenet
is obsolete. I admire their deranged contentedness.
--
"...let's not go to Camelot. Silly place" - Monty Python
$Zero
> $Zero <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250
> > for October so far?
>
> You say that like it's a bad thing.
>
> ;-)
Thomas.
> I noticed that talk.bizarre and especially rec.arts.sf.composition
> seem to be hurting a bit these days.
>
> OTOH, alt.slack just keeps rolling along.
slackers.
> Oblivious of the fact that usenet is obsolete.
obsolete?
that implies that it once wasn't.
a bit of a stretch.
> I admire their deranged contentedness.
contentment.
what a concept.
> "...let's not go to Camelot. Silly place" - Monty Python
"a duck!"
-$Zero...
i tell you this because it's true.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/941cb95bac0e6cf6
Thomas Armagost
>
> Alan Hope wrote:
>
>> <zero...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250 for October so
>>> far?
>
>> Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
>
> ... and "are" (there're) not "is" (there's) ... but we don't nitpick
> posts here.
Hey Sal!
Pardon me while I lame myself.
"I admire their deranged contentedness."
"I admire their deranged contentment."
Which is correct? Or is context the determining factor?
--
"The Absurd... is to act upon faith" - Kierkegaard
$Zero
> Towse <s...@towse.com> wrote:
> > Alan Hope wrote:
> >
> >>> and here it is, the 22nd, and there's less than 250
> >>> for October so far?
> >
> >> Fewer than 250. Less is for quantities. Fewer is for numbers.
> >
> > ... and "are" (there're) not "is" (there's) ... but we don't nitpick
> > posts here.
>
> Hey Sal!
>
> Pardon me while I lame myself.
>
> "I admire their deranged contentedness."
>
> "I admire their deranged contentment."
>
> Which is correct?
whichever one makes you more derangedly content.
> Or is context the determining factor?
never.
> --
> "The Absurd... is to act upon faith" - Kierkegaard
-$Zero...
Faith is the only certainty.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/84be430c090eb8a6
Thomas Armagost
> Thomas Armagost wrote:
>
>> "I admire their deranged contentedness."
>
>> "I admire their deranged contentment."
>
>> Which is correct?
>
> whichever one makes you more derangedly content.
Deranged content. Deranged contentment.
>> Or is context the determining factor?
>
> never.
Deranged context.
>> "The Absurd... is to act upon faith" - Kierkegaard
>
> Faith is the only certainty.
> http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writing/msg/84be430c090eb8a6
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