[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

AEF spamsink2001 at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 1 11:21:17 EST 2011


On Dec 1, 9:12 am, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com>
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> Johnny Billquist wrote 2011-12-01 12:54:
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> > 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:
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> >>>>>>> Can a bankrupt entity borrow money at near-zero percent interest?
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> >>>>>> 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.
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> >>>>>> Johnny
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> >>>>>http://www.bankrate.com/rates/interest-rates/prime-rate.aspx
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> >>>>> 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!
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> >>>>> If you consider this to be bankruptcy, then every entity on the planet
> >>>>> is bankrupt.
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> >>>> You do understand that this is not the rate the US government pays when
> >>>> it loans, right?
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> >>>> Once again. google for "US BONDS", which is what the US government uses
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> >> 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."
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> > 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?
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> > Johnny
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> If I'm not totaly wrong, english has two words for "l na" depending
> on which "side" you're on. "L na ut" = loaning, "l na (in)" = borrowing.
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> Jan-Erik.

What is "l na" and such. Swedish?

AEF



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