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Nesster · 12-10-2013, 07:39 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Parallax

But if your only two options are do something or not do something, and you don't decide, you've decided because not deciding is the same as deciding not to, so in such a case it's not possible to not decide.

How's your headache now?

Heisenberg demonstrated that the K3 is both bought and un-bought until a ~~conscious~~ sober observer looks at the credit card balance.

klkitchens · 12-10-2013, 08:27 AM

I won't buy a K-3 because I already own a K-3.

**savoche** · 12-10-2013, 08:48 AM

Originally posted by klkitchens

I won't buy a K-3 because I already own a K-3.

Now, that is just obnoxious!

Well, at least you should say something bad about the thing. Our some other thing. We should be careful not to appear to make too much sense here. Really.

mrNewt · 12-10-2013, 08:49 AM

Originally posted by klkitchens

I won't buy a K-3 because I already own a K-3.

So by buying one you already nullified your "I won't buy one" statement... you are not welcomed on this thread any longer

klkitchens · 12-10-2013, 08:50 AM

Originally posted by savoche

Now, that is just obnoxious!

Well, at least you should say something bad about the thing. Our some other thing. We should be careful not to appear to make too much sense here. Really.

Find I won't buy one because: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/244940-sharpness-k-3-totally-sucks.html

**savoche** · 12-10-2013, 09:03 AM

Originally posted by klkitchens

Find I won't buy one because: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/244940-sharpness-k-3-totally-sucks.html

Well, it sort of qualifies. But then again it's just obnoxious. I'm all with mrNewt!

Now, any favourite coffee? Cheese? Last chance!

klkitchens · 12-10-2013, 09:07 AM

Originally posted by savoche

Well, it sort of qualifies. But then again it's just obnoxious. I'm all with mrNewt!

Now, any favourite coffee? Cheese? Last chance!

I like eggs. And words spelled without unnecessary "U"s... like Favorite, Color, Honor

**savoche** · 12-10-2013, 10:01 AM

Originally posted by klkitchens

I like eggs. And words spelled without unnecessary "U"s... like Favorite, Color, Honor

Ah, now we're getting there!

The English language... A pidgin language without any form of consistency or logic, an anachronism in the world of linguistics. Why on earth shouldn't we try to write it out in its full splendid madness without the odd cosmetic change?

Yay!

Nesster · 12-10-2013, 10:03 AM

Ricough, Pentoux.

Parallax · 12-10-2013, 10:48 AM

Originally posted by savoche

A pidgin language without any form of consistency or logic,

A prime example being that to see asteroids you can look into either hemisphere, but to see hemorrhoids you have to look into, well, nevermind.

**savoche** · 12-10-2013, 10:51 AM

Originally posted by Nesster

Ricough, Pentoux.

Exactly!

What happened to the idea that one letter maps to one sound and one sound to one letter? You know, the thing that's supposed to make alphabets useful. Yes, there are only 26 letters in the English alphabet, and something like 40 phonemes, but why on earth then create so many representations of each phoneme? f = ff = fe = ffe = ph = pph = gh? r = rr = wr = rh = rrh = re?? And I won't even start to touch the vowels...

And yes, I believe it's even worse for those of us not having this as our mother tongue. Yikes, even a couple of vowels there representing no sound at all!

Oh, and a correction: A pidgin language once it becomes someone's mother tongue becomes a creole, doesn't it?

How ever did this end up being the lingua franca of the world?

**savoche** · 12-10-2013, 10:52 AM

Originally posted by Parallax

A prime example being that to see asteroids you can look into either hemisphere, but to see hemorrhoids you have to look into, well, nevermind.

Has this anything to do with analogies??

normhead · 12-10-2013, 10:55 AM

Originally posted by savoche

Exactly!

What happened to the idea that one letter maps to one sound and one sound to one letter? You know, the thing that's supposed to make alphabets useful. Yes, there are only 26 letters in the English alphabet, and something like 40 phonemes, but why on earth then create so many representations of each phoneme? f = ff = fe = ffe = ph = pph = gh? r = rr = wr = rh = rrh = re?? And I won't even start to touch the vowels...

And yes, I believe it's even worse for those of us not having this as our mother tongue. Yikes, even a couple of vowels there representing no sound at all!

Oh, and a correction: A pidgin language once it becomes someone's mother tongue becomes a creole, doesn't it?

How ever did this end up being the lingua franca of the world?

Lots of rich people speak it, and much of the rest of the world wants to hang with rich people.

**savoche** · 12-10-2013, 11:02 AM

Originally posted by normhead

Lots of rich people speak it, and much of the rest of the world wants to hang with rich people.

I suspect the British navy might have had something to do with it as well...

stevebrot · 12-10-2013, 11:07 AM

Originally posted by mrNewt

So by buying one you already nullified your "I won't buy one" statement... you are not welcomed on this thread any longer

Yes, he must buy two.

Steve

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12-10-2013, 07:39 AM - 1 Like	#1306
Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072	Originally posted by Parallax But if your only two options are do something or not do something, and you don't decide, you've decided because not deciding is the same as deciding not to, so in such a case it's not possible to not decide. How's your headache now? Heisenberg demonstrated that the K3 is both bought and un-bought until a ~~conscious~~ sober observer looks at the credit card balance.

12-10-2013, 08:27 AM	#1307
klkitchens Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Allanta, GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 480	I won't buy a K-3 because I already own a K-3.

12-10-2013, 08:48 AM	#1308
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,312	Originally posted by klkitchens I won't buy a K-3 because I already own a K-3. Now, that is just obnoxious! Well, at least you should say something bad about the thing. Our some other thing. We should be careful not to appear to make too much sense here. Really.

12-10-2013, 08:49 AM	#1309
mrNewt Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ON, RH Posts: 2,181	Originally posted by klkitchens I won't buy a K-3 because I already own a K-3. So by buying one you already nullified your "I won't buy one" statement... you are not welcomed on this thread any longer

12-10-2013, 08:50 AM	#1310
klkitchens Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Allanta, GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 480	Originally posted by savoche Now, that is just obnoxious! Well, at least you should say something bad about the thing. Our some other thing. We should be careful not to appear to make too much sense here. Really. Find I won't buy one because: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/244940-sharpness-k-3-totally-sucks.html

12-10-2013, 09:03 AM	#1311
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,312	Originally posted by klkitchens Find I won't buy one because: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/244940-sharpness-k-3-totally-sucks.html Well, it sort of qualifies. But then again it's just obnoxious. I'm all with mrNewt! Now, any favourite coffee? Cheese? Last chance!

12-10-2013, 09:07 AM	#1312
klkitchens Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Allanta, GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 480	Originally posted by savoche Well, it sort of qualifies. But then again it's just obnoxious. I'm all with mrNewt! Now, any favourite coffee? Cheese? Last chance! I like eggs. And words spelled without unnecessary "U"s... like Favorite, Color, Honor

12-10-2013, 10:01 AM	#1313
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,312	Originally posted by klkitchens I like eggs. And words spelled without unnecessary "U"s... like Favorite, Color, Honor Ah, now we're getting there! The English language... A pidgin language without any form of consistency or logic, an anachronism in the world of linguistics. Why on earth shouldn't we try to write it out in its full splendid madness without the odd cosmetic change? Yay!

12-10-2013, 10:03 AM	#1314
Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072	Ricough, Pentoux.

12-10-2013, 10:48 AM	#1315
Parallax Senior Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Dakota Photos: Gallery Posts: 19,333	Originally posted by savoche A pidgin language without any form of consistency or logic, A prime example being that to see asteroids you can look into either hemisphere, but to see hemorrhoids you have to look into, well, nevermind.

12-10-2013, 10:51 AM	#1316
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,312	Originally posted by Nesster Ricough, Pentoux. Exactly! What happened to the idea that one letter maps to one sound and one sound to one letter? You know, the thing that's supposed to make alphabets useful. Yes, there are only 26 letters in the English alphabet, and something like 40 phonemes, but why on earth then create so many representations of each phoneme? f = ff = fe = ffe = ph = pph = gh? r = rr = wr = rh = rrh = re?? And I won't even start to touch the vowels... And yes, I believe it's even worse for those of us not having this as our mother tongue. Yikes, even a couple of vowels there representing no sound at all! Oh, and a correction: A pidgin language once it becomes someone's mother tongue becomes a creole, doesn't it? How ever did this end up being the lingua franca of the world?

12-10-2013, 10:52 AM	#1317
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,312	Originally posted by Parallax A prime example being that to see asteroids you can look into either hemisphere, but to see hemorrhoids you have to look into, well, nevermind. Has this anything to do with analogies??

12-10-2013, 10:55 AM	#1318
normhead Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Near Algonquin Park Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 40,451	Originally posted by savoche Exactly! What happened to the idea that one letter maps to one sound and one sound to one letter? You know, the thing that's supposed to make alphabets useful. Yes, there are only 26 letters in the English alphabet, and something like 40 phonemes, but why on earth then create so many representations of each phoneme? f = ff = fe = ffe = ph = pph = gh? r = rr = wr = rh = rrh = re?? And I won't even start to touch the vowels... And yes, I believe it's even worse for those of us not having this as our mother tongue. Yikes, even a couple of vowels there representing no sound at all! Oh, and a correction: A pidgin language once it becomes someone's mother tongue becomes a creole, doesn't it? How ever did this end up being the lingua franca of the world? Lots of rich people speak it, and much of the rest of the world wants to hang with rich people.

12-10-2013, 11:02 AM	#1319
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,312	Originally posted by normhead Lots of rich people speak it, and much of the rest of the world wants to hang with rich people. I suspect the British navy might have had something to do with it as well...

12-10-2013, 11:07 AM	#1320
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by mrNewt So by buying one you already nullified your "I won't buy one" statement... you are not welcomed on this thread any longer Yes, he must buy two. Steve

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