[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2011-12-01 15.12, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> Johnny Billquist wrote 2011-12-01 12:54:
>> On 2011-12-01 03.45, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>>> On 11/30/2011 9:09 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>>> On 2011-12-01 01.12, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>>>> On 2011-11-30 20.24, AEF wrote:
>>>>>> On Nov 30, 11:35 am, Johnny Billquist<b... at softjar.se> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2011-11-30 06.30, AEF wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can a bankrupt entity borrow money at near-zero percent interest?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Google for "US BONDS INTEREST RATES".
>>>>>>> It's nowhere near zero percent. Where did you get that idea?
>>>>>>> Why would anyone want to loan out money without getting any
>>>>>>> interest?
>>>>>>> That sounds like a loosing proposition.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Johnny
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.bankrate.com/rates/interest-rates/prime-rate.aspx
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Fed funds rate is 0.25%. That's about as low as it can go. I'd
>>>>>> call that near-zero. If you don't like that, how about "as low as
>>>>>> it's
>>>>>> ever been". This is not a sign of bankruptcy!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you consider this to be bankruptcy, then every entity on the
>>>>>> planet
>>>>>> is bankrupt.
>>>>>
>>>>> You do understand that this is not the rate the US government pays
>>>>> when
>>>>> it loans, right?
>>>>>
>>>>> Once again. google for "US BONDS", which is what the US government
>>>>> uses
>>>
>>> Your terminology appears confused. The government seldom loans money. It
>>> is a frequent *borrower*. The amount owed by the government is usually
>>> called "the national debt."
>>
>> This might be a mistake based on me not being a native english speaker in
>> that case. Are you saying that "loaning" is not the correct term when
>> someone gets money that have to be paid back at a later time, with
>> interest?
>>
>> Johnny
>
> If I'm not totaly wrong, english has two words for "låna" depending
> on which "side" you're on. "Låna ut" = loaning, "låna (in)" = borrowing.

Ah! If so, then I obviously was using the wrong word. I had never 
noticed that distinction. Thanks.

	Johnny