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I don't know what brings you to that conclusion, but I was saying that (excluding native speakers) not very many of the people I met while traveling in Germany and Austria learned German. So you think that they constitute a subset that is actually more inclined to learn German than other people...

Getting back to this belatedly (I would have the day after I got back from vacation, which was a week ago, but some circumstances got in the way). The room is dusty and grimy, with spider's webs cloaking the corners and old bones scattered across the floor. In one corner is a large wooden...

I'm afraid I don't follow... Ah, I see. In general, that seems sensible enough, although I can't help but wonder when circumstances would make it unfeasible or at least problematic. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that problem diminishes with distance.

I'm not on a shared computer. I think the New York Times website is just insane sometimes. I experienced some issues with it a while back, but I'd forgotten about that. Anyway... The thing that amazes me about it is this. For a while now I've been saying that we'd eventually have cars that...

Well, I do think there's definitely something to this and that Americans seem more averse to learning multiple languages than people on average. However, on my trip I stayed in hostels in two German-speaking countries (and one English speaking country). There were always people from around the...

But I'm here legally! And also rather difficult to throw through a window, but if you're skilled enough I commend you (and hope that it's a first-story window).

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-were-driving-at.html

You're the second person I've had say he couldn't access this article. I don't know what's different about it for me that would let me view it and not other people. I certainly haven't registered on the NYT website... Trying a different link, but it might still not work for some people. I have...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/science/10google.html

And I'll say to you what I narrowly avoided saying to customs: Oh, just deport me. Also, I don't understand Spanish.

Mein Urlaub war prima.

And I'm back!

I was... ...I've got nothing.

The reason I brought that up was because DF made the claim, which I do believe is correct, that in Obama's presidency this country has seen the highest increase in government spending in history and without comparing percentage (or at least comparing something that makes sense for a comparison)...

Highest increase or highest percentage increase? I'm pretty sure the latter would raise some eyebrows, but I rather doubt that it's true.

I tried to look up "national language" and it sure looks like it's just a generic term that can have various meanings, but it seems to have no legal meaning in the United States, so yeah...

...including teaching?

The words I underlined are synonyms, really. But if it helps, just replace "popularity contest" with "reputation contest." The problem is still there. Edit: Actually, it reminds me of this, which might be helpful as a comparison.

EB, it sounds like this wouldn't be merit-based pay, but instead a popularity contest to determine one's pay grade. That's pretty different...

I don't actually know anything about this, but did hear anecdotes (my father was a firefighter for a long time) of areas in the U.S. where fire departments didn't get whatever it was they wanted contractually and went on strike. If there was a fire, they would show up to make sure that everyone...