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I don't think it'll be the Europeans or the Americans who invent the next fuel technology. It'll have to come from a Japanese company. No one else so far has been willing to actually invest in the future. GM and Ford will still be making Escalades and Navigators and will cry "Oh, poor us...we didn't have a chance". Never mind the fact that their market share has been sliding for the last 30 years because their products suck...
dullboy
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blut wump said:
dullboy shouldn't be so xenophobic as to believe that you follow American politics closely enough to understand an "inside" joke. sorry.
dullboy was just taking the piss out of you, you toothless brit.
read this: http://archive.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/10/05/gore_internet/
During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet. - Al Gore
dullboy
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and the "internet" was very definitively created in the United States at M.I.T. and other U.S. research Universities.
but i'm sure you'll tell dullboy all about some obscure sweedish school that was invited to join APRANET by MIT in 1974, and therefore, Europeans actually created the internet.
but i'm sure you'll tell dullboy all about some obscure sweedish school that was invited to join APRANET by MIT in 1974, and therefore, Europeans actually created the internet.
dullboy
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blut wump said:
it's an adverb.
and dullboy used it properly.
but if the best you can do is criticize dullboys word usage, then we already know where you stand.
dullboys english is primary enough to have taken him pretty far in life.
and the internet was created in the united states. so was the personal computer.
so just say thank you to america and stop being so ungracious.
dullboy
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let's help the dog guy out here:
definitely
adv : without question and beyond doubt
definitively
adv: Precisely defined or explicit.
Supplying or being a final settlement or decision; conclusive. See Synonyms at decisive.
Authoritative and complete:
dullboy liked "very definitively" better. both grammatically correct.
definitely
adv : without question and beyond doubt
definitively
adv: Precisely defined or explicit.
Supplying or being a final settlement or decision; conclusive. See Synonyms at decisive.
Authoritative and complete:
dullboy liked "very definitively" better. both grammatically correct.
dullboy
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blut wump said:
dullboy wants you to stop being so sensitive.
it's very unhealthy.
and dullboy says that until you produce proof of being lord of the english language, you're wrong. dullboy has a sneaking suspicion that you don't like being told that you're wrong. this a character flaw which dullboy can help you to overcome.
so how about that star wars trivia contest?
then you might really be able to prove dullboy a dolt. or something like that.
blut wump
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Dullboy, would it be correct to assume that your name was chosen in irony in the belief that you are quite bright?
The irony, unless you are actually a girl, is that you really are dull. Your posts lack any wit, elegance or sparkle and your command of your native tongue, while not quite pitiful, is poor. It comes as no surprise that you raise the issue of your being a dolt.
Your sole claim to any recognition here appears to be your repeated usage of the third person, a 'schtick' which you poorly maintain. Please, for the common good, make an effort to improve yourself and most especially do so before offering such help to others.
The irony, unless you are actually a girl, is that you really are dull. Your posts lack any wit, elegance or sparkle and your command of your native tongue, while not quite pitiful, is poor. It comes as no surprise that you raise the issue of your being a dolt.
Your sole claim to any recognition here appears to be your repeated usage of the third person, a 'schtick' which you poorly maintain. Please, for the common good, make an effort to improve yourself and most especially do so before offering such help to others.
dullboy
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blut wump said:
oh look, the dog guy is trying to cut dullboy down to size. guess dullboy was right about that character thing.
as far as elegance and sparkle, well, lets just say that dullboy will defer those things to the female and homosexual members of this forum. dullboy doesn't shine too well in that light.
dullboy wasn't attempting to be ironic. dullboy leaves irony to trust fund hipsters and scenesters.
as far as helping "others", dullboy can only assume that others refers to you, and i assure you, dullboy is well trained in this area. he has his fancy school diplomas to prove it. you'll just have to take his word for it.
woof woof, have a nice day, weirdo.
blut wump
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Why don't you play with him, MM? You already know what you'd be getting into on the grammar front.musclemom said:Musclemom has a bowl of popcorn and is currently awaiting the next volley with bated breath. Any thread that involves grammatical correctness gets her blood coursing
Sorry, Dullboy, you already blew the 'smarter' discussion. The Switzerland flag didn't do much for your credibility.
dullboy
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blut wump said:
still can't accept that you're wrong, huh? well, dullboy says it's only a minor character flaw so he'll overlook it.
oh and lol at someone named "blut wump" trying to deign the provenance of "dullboy" as you did in an earlier post.
there's some real funny irony to that that dullboy hopes doesn't get lost on a smarty pants like you.
Oh and re: the Switzerland flag comment: blut wup finally made a funny. touche.
Blut honey, life is too short to get angry at a virtual personality, seriously. A debate is one thing, but you're getting angryblut wump said:
As to my playing with him ... I'm afraid you lost me on the second sentence dear, but I have no more arguments with Dullboy than I have with you, sugar. My problems are limited to those who are small minded, ignorant, judgemental with the occasional bigoted chauvanist thrown in for good measure, seriously
blut wump
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I think we're all done here, then. It was careless of me if I gave the impression of anger; there was none. I was only suggesting that if you wished to have your blood coursing with further volleys then they would likely have to be your own.
I hope the popcorn was to your taste.
I hope the popcorn was to your taste.
What I meant, Blut, was that there are so many people on this board who not only abuse the English language, but debase it and utterly disregard its nuances, its correct spelling and usage, and I was overjoyed to see two people, both capable of spelling correctly and possessing the ability to string words together logically, debating the grammatically correct usage of a word.blut wump said:
blut wump
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Are you still referring to 'definitively'? It seemed clear when you posted the definition that you were wrong.dullboy said:
Firstly, the Internet is still evolving. As such, we don't yet have a definitive Internet. As such, it hasn't yet been "definitively created", neither in America nor elsewhere. The definitive Internet, if there is ever such a thing, will likely cover more than just the bounds of this little planet.
Secondly, 'definitive' is an absolute. I noticed that you bolded 'conclusive'. Well, just as you can't have something that is only a bit conclusive, since that would mean inconclusive, you can't have something that is a bit definitive. Correspondingly, it's nonsense to talk of something being "very definitive". Something is either definitive or not definitive.
Thirdly, what does it mean 'to create definitively"? Are you really sure that you didn't mean 'definitely'?
My question on whether English is your native tongue was intended rationally rather than abusively or insultingly. You use words inappropriately from time to time as though you were referencing a thesaurus or not accustomed to the language.
dullboy
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blut wump said:
yes, english is dullboys native tongue. nice try. this is an american created internet messageboard, not an english and comparative language class at columbia u., though dullboy does remember being bored during that particular class.
and lol at you for trying to frame an argument about the creation of the internet in perpetual terms. you give the strawman argument brave new meaning by describing the evolving creation of the internet on different planets.
did you really write that? yup, dullboy just checked and you did. lol
"The definitive Internet, if there is ever such a thing, will likely cover more than just the bounds of this planet."
that is so fucking classic, i really must quote it. don't plan on running into dullboy at the next star wars convention that you attend.
dullboy does applaud your sophmoric interpretation of historical fact concerning the creation of the internet, even though it sounds like the psychotic bleatings of a paranoid schizophrenic.
dullboy isn't going to defend the way that he chooses to express emphasis when writing on an american invented internet messageboard, other than to let you know that it's perfectly acceptable to use concurrent adverbs when writing emphatically. for example - blut wump is very very sensitive.
but, if you want to keep sounding like an anal retentive grammar nerd, go nuts.
blut wump
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Dullboy, when somene goes out of their way to educate and inform you, it is customary to offer thanks. In this environment, if you are prone to bashfulness, a donation of Karma is also acceptable. Threatening to steal someone's work and tout it around a science fiction convention is not a socially acceptable alternative display of gratitude and many would consider it boorish and ill-mannered.
FYI, the Internet has already been extended off-planet and, no, it's not acceptable in all cases, one of which we already discussed.
Your ignorance, rudeness and fatuousness are making this discussion fruitless and you are the disappointment that your earlier posts predicated. It's good to see you inject some sparkle into your writing, however; any wit or elegance will have to wait until you cease drivelling.
FYI, the Internet has already been extended off-planet and, no, it's not acceptable in all cases, one of which we already discussed.
Your ignorance, rudeness and fatuousness are making this discussion fruitless and you are the disappointment that your earlier posts predicated. It's good to see you inject some sparkle into your writing, however; any wit or elegance will have to wait until you cease drivelling.
dullboy
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blut wump said:
educate and inform?
your argument that the internet wasn't definitively created in the United States because it's perpetually evolving off-planet (your words, not dullboys), is exactly as retarded as making the argument that the telephone wasn't definitively invented in the United States because it's still evolving, sic., "onto other planets".
all dullboy has to say is bwhahahahaha. haha. ha.
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