Lucky... 0 #151 July 31, 2010 Quote I'm surprised that you continue to advertise your inability to grasp the concept of counting on ALL DZ.COM forums by putting it in your sig line. But that's your decision. Perhaps this would be more fitting for his sig line: http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/27/arguing.jpg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #152 July 31, 2010 Quote Quote I'm surprised that you continue to advertise your inability to grasp the concept of counting on ALL DZ.COM forums by putting it in your sig line. But that's your decision. How many years were there in the decade of the 80's? It is 1980 to 1989. 10 years. If you take out 1980 and 1989 what you have left is 1981 to 1988. Eight years. My math is fine. From Jan 1, 1980 to Dec 30, 1989 that quantifies 10 years. When discussing timelines with recurring dates, birthdays, fiscal years, holidays, etc then the day/month must be referenced. Your abstraction is boring. Merely ignoring what I state about exact dates doesn;t make it go away. The issue you jumped in late upon requires an OCT 1 or thereabouts reference, not a floating date. Now if you can find debt referecne for Jan 1 or Jan 20 1981 and then find debt ref for Dec 31, 1988 that would be close enough, but the data we referenced in this thread is either for Oct 1-ish OR Jan 1, so your attempt is void. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #153 July 31, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Quote I'm surprised that you continue to advertise your inability to grasp the concept of counting on ALL DZ.COM forums by putting it in your sig line. But that's your decision. How many years were there in the decade of the 80's? It is 1980 to 1989. 10 years. If you take out 1980 and 1989 what you have left is 1981 to 1988. Eight years. My math is fine. Irrelevant to the problem at hand. See rhaig's explanation if you don't like mine. Try again, and do it properly. We're talking length of presidential terms in this thread, something you seem to have a really hard time grasping. Reagan was inaugurated Jan 1981 and left office Jan 1989. 1989 - 1981 = 8. 8 years is the length of 2 presidential terms. QED You are simply WRONG. (The process is called SUBTRACTION. Most people learn it in grade school) Quote Yes if you say 1989-1981=8 years you are correct but you weren't doing addition or subtraction originally. You were just stating a series of years. With an exact day/month, not like you taking Jan 1 to Dec 31. Context is everything. A series of years that consist of 1981 to 1988 is 8 years. Quote If you would like to use specific dates that will change the outcome but you didn't. You used a series of years-1981 to 1988. We did, that was pages ago in the fiscal data. If you didn't jump in on page 5 or 6 yopu would have seen that; don't you feel as silly as you look now? Quote If you had a job that started on Jan 20th 1981 and ended Dec 31st 1988, would you be more apt to tell a prospective employer you had 8 years experience or 7 years? Yep, but if you we discussing birthdays, fiscal years, etc you would consider anniversaries and entirely relevant. Next time do yourself a favor and actually read the thread and context. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #154 July 31, 2010 QuoteI'm going outside to enjoy the sunshine now. Glad to see your handlers are letting you out, perhaps the vitamin D will help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #155 July 31, 2010 QuoteQuoteAnd yes, I am correct. How DARE that peasant allude to you being mistaken! Of course, the ONLY reason you can say you're right is due to inauguration being 3 weeks after New Year's. Jesus, Mike, you fucked up, admiitted it and we let it go. Now you feel the need to defend your cronie and pull yourself back into the mix? Bizzare. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #156 July 31, 2010 Quote Jesus, Mike, you fucked up, admiitted it and we let it go. Now you feel the need to defend your cronie and pull yourself back into the mix? Bizzare. Says the guy who made the last 6 posts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #157 July 31, 2010 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteAnd yes, I am correct. How DARE that peasant allude to you being mistaken! Of course, the ONLY reason you can say you're right is due to inauguration being 3 weeks after New Year's. Doesn't matter when it is as long as it's the same date every year. November 17 1981 to November 17 1989 is still 8 years. June 9 1981 to June 9 1989 is still 8 years. The umpteenth of Octember 1981 to the umpteenth of Octember 1989 is still 8 years. Did you and timmy have the same math teacher? Mine realized that the only way you can talk about 1989 in regard to Reagan is due to those 3 weeks - funny how you don't mention that anymore. Amazing how the debt chart I posted goes from Jan 1 1981 to Jan 1 1989, so now you and your semantic games can just stop. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #158 July 31, 2010 Quote Quote Jesus, Mike, you fucked up, admiitted it and we let it go. Now you feel the need to defend your cronie and pull yourself back into the mix? Bizzare. Says the guy who made the last 6 posts. Next thing they'll be teaching you how to read (now that you can count) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #159 July 31, 2010 Quote Next thing they'll be teaching you how to read (now that you can count) But no one can help you, Scarecrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,148 #160 July 31, 2010 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteAnd yes, I am correct. How DARE that peasant allude to you being mistaken! Of course, the ONLY reason you can say you're right is due to inauguration being 3 weeks after New Year's. Doesn't matter when it is as long as it's the same date every year. November 17 1981 to November 17 1989 is still 8 years. June 9 1981 to June 9 1989 is still 8 years. The umpteenth of Octember 1981 to the umpteenth of Octember 1989 is still 8 years. Did you and timmy have the same math teacher? Mine realized that the only way you can talk about 1989 in regard to Reagan is due to those 3 weeks - funny how you don't mention that anymore. So what? In the United States the president is inaugurated at noon Eastern time on the 20th of January in the year following his/her election. . This has been the case since 1937 (see the 20th amendment). Reagan's term ran from 1/20/1981 to 1/20/1989. That is exactly 8 years, regardless of how you and timmyfitz feel about it. Timmy's counting method is simply absurd and wrong. Math IS your friend.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #161 July 31, 2010 Quote Quote Next thing they'll be teaching you how to read (now that you can count) But no one can help you, Scarecrow. Haha, or perhaps you're that lion character. We know you're the Tinman, come on, if you're Republican / Libertarian that must apply. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #162 July 31, 2010 QuoteTimmy's counting method is simply absurd and wrong. If you had a student so obstinant that they failed to believe that with the same anniversary you do not count the first year as a year, but the zero starting point, what would you do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,148 #163 July 31, 2010 QuoteQuoteTimmy's counting method is simply absurd and wrong. If you had a student so obstinate that they failed to believe that with the same anniversary you do not count the first year as a year, but the zero starting point, what would you do? Suggest they change major to political science.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #164 July 31, 2010 Quote If you had a student so obstinant that they failed to believe that with the same anniversary you do not count the first year as a year, but the zero starting point, what would you do? probably keep shoveling the straw. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #165 July 31, 2010 QuoteQuoteQuoteTimmy's counting method is simply absurd and wrong. If you had a student so obstinate that they failed to believe that with the same anniversary you do not count the first year as a year, but the zero starting point, what would you do? Suggest they change major to political science. LOL and then join the young Republicans club. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyChimp 0 #166 August 1, 2010 Quote Not to worry, in the near future, for reasons which defy logic, many on the left will continue to consider Obama one of the greatest ex-presidents. Holla !!!!! I would have found this thread a bit more interesting had it been Bush Vs Obama simply because of how much the Liberals blamed Bush for spending like a drunk sailor. Obama spends like an 18 year old kid who just got his first credit card. Does anyone else find it funny that we made a SPORT out of an EMERGENCY PROCEDURE?!?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timmyfitz 0 #167 August 1, 2010 Wow, you guys have been busy since I left yesterday. I would suggest you both get outside and play instead of typing away at the computer trying to justify your ignorance with stories and analogies completely unrelated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhaig 0 #168 August 1, 2010 I would like to point out that you've succeeded in trolling the site's biggest troll :)-- Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #169 August 1, 2010 QuoteWow, you guys have been busy since I left yesterday. I would suggest you both get outside and play instead of typing away at the computer trying to justify your ignorance with stories and analogies completely unrelated. Unbelievable, you say Oct 81 to Oct 88 = 8 years as the data is and always has been structured on an anniversary. You can't transpose Jan 1, 1981 to Dec 31, 1988 into that data set. If you're able to find a debt data set that gives us Dec 31, 1988 then we can merge that with the data I've provided that lists the debt as of Jan 1, 1981 and we can rely on that if you need to be difficult. Only a retarded person cannot see that referencing a set of years that have the same anniversary requires the starting year to be year zero, you even said it yourself with mile markers. I don't believe you're retarded, it's obvious you're being a good little neo-con and coming to your commrade's rescue. Irony is he already backed off and admitted he was wrong and we all moved on. Everyone else, incl conservatives like rhaig are simply shaking their heads at how inane this is to argue that Oct 81 to Oct 88 = 8 years. This forum boasts some very educated and intelligent people yet we find ourselves arguing grade school mathematics. You might find this helpful: http://www.mathsyear2000.co.uk/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timmyfitz 0 #170 August 1, 2010 QuoteUnbelievable, you say Oct 81 to Oct 88 = 8 years as the data is and always has been structured on an anniversary. Nope. Never said that. Try again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhaig 0 #171 August 1, 2010 Quote Everyone else, incl conservatives like rhaig please don't label me. I'm conservative on the high-noise topics that get discussed here the most (guns, taxes), but should we come to talk about laws that affect people's behavior, you'll find me to be rather liberal.-- Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #172 August 1, 2010 QuoteQuote Everyone else, incl conservatives like rhaig please don't label me. I'm conservative on the high-noise topics that get discussed here the most (guns, taxes), but should we come to talk about laws that affect people's behavior, you'll find me to be rather liberal. So you're a textbook Libertarian; fiscal conservative and moral liberal. As I've said and you just illustrated, Libertarians and Republicans aren't that different. No slam intended - just the fatcs... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhaig 0 #173 August 1, 2010 Quote So you're a textbook Libertarian; fiscal conservative and moral liberal. As I've said and you just illustrated, Libertarians and Republicans aren't that different. No slam intended - just the fatcs... no slam perceived. no disagreement either.-- Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #174 August 1, 2010 QuoteSo you're a textbook Libertarian; fiscal conservative and moral liberal. Librarians deal with more than just textbooks. Don't be so fast to pigeon-hole. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #175 August 1, 2010 Quote Quote So you're a textbook Libertarian; fiscal conservative and moral liberal. Librarians deal with more than just textbooks. Don't be so fast to pigeon-hole. LOL, I almost missed it! Yes, they have novels, technical books and oh, those pesky talkers to hush up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
