Justin Ahmann on Wed, 9 Jan 2008 02:31:24 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: [s-b] [s-d] Mackerel Transfer |
I submit the following Transaction: BEGIN TRANSACTION Assertion: I possess m470. Action: I transfer m320 to comex. END TRANSACTION Codae ----- Original Message ---- From: 0x44 <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: discussion list for B Nomic <spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2008 8:15:43 PM Subject: Re: [s-d] [s-b] Mackerel Transfer Mike McGann wrote: > On Jan 8, 2008 7:23 PM, 0x44 <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> When you withdraw $20.00 from your bank account, your balance neither >> goes up nor down. Your account is deducted $20.00, and your balance >> reflects that deduction. >> >> >> > I don't agree with this argument at all. People say balances goes up and > down all the time and there is no confusion about it. Lay-persons say so, but neither accountants nor bankers do. As I stated in a response to Billy Pilgrim, the English language allows a house to burn up and down identically, obviously there is no innate idiomatic meaning that is unambiguous in the choice of "Up" or "Down". -- -- 0x44; _______________________________________________ spoon-discuss mailing list spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-discuss _______________________________________________ spoon-business mailing list spoon-business@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-business