[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

AEF wrote 2011-12-01 17:21:
> 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.
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> What is "l na" and such. Swedish?
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> AEF

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