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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 590088" data-attributes="member: 2525">Re: Re: Re: Thinking Ouside The BoxWhile your comment is disputable in itself, regardless, his comment was not in the framework of business.&nbsp; You are the first person to mention business.&nbsp; It was a broad statement - &quot;New York City is the capital of the world&quot;.&nbsp; It isn't even the capital of the United States.&nbsp; Nor is it the most populated city.&nbsp; It is an economic capital for the united states, and perhaps for the form of economics called Capitalism (though that is disputable) - but I think it is faulty to confuse economics with national or international capitals.&nbsp; Capital, when used generally, is a political term - not an economic one (unless you mean &quot;obtain capital to invest&quot;).&nbsp; If we are going to start naming capital cities of various things, I think you can come up with accuarte statements.&nbsp; But THE capital of THE WORLD? There isn't one.&nbsp; Nor is there a universal language, though there are near-universal languages for specific fields (and some people trying to make a universal political laguage, like Esperanto).&nbsp; Heck, I have trouble enough finding people who speak english in my own town in the United States - Los Angeles, the most populated city in the United States.&nbsp; And since you live in New York, you of all people should know just how many people living in the US do NOT speak english.My dispute is with the broad generalization of the statement, and I do think I am justified in pointing it out and making an issue of itBack to the topic at hand - Perhaps you can apply the proposed system (or peferrably the KoK system) to types of languages.&nbsp; In other words, you can gain skill ranks in &quot;Romantic Languages&quot;, for example, and have some facility in all romance languages.&nbsp; I think that would make the sheer number of languages in the world more manageable for PCs to learn.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 590088, member: 2525"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Thinking Ouside The Box[/b] While your comment is disputable in itself, regardless, his comment was not in the framework of business. You are the first person to mention business. It was a broad statement - "New York City is the capital of the world". It isn't even the capital of the United States. Nor is it the most populated city. It is an economic capital for the united states, and perhaps for the form of economics called Capitalism (though that is disputable) - but I think it is faulty to confuse economics with national or international capitals. Capital, when used generally, is a political term - not an economic one (unless you mean "obtain capital to invest"). If we are going to start naming capital cities of various things, I think you can come up with accuarte statements. But THE capital of THE WORLD? There isn't one. Nor is there a universal language, though there are near-universal languages for specific fields (and some people trying to make a universal political laguage, like Esperanto). Heck, I have trouble enough finding people who speak english in my own town in the United States - Los Angeles, the most populated city in the United States. And since you live in New York, you of all people should know just how many people living in the US do NOT speak english. My dispute is with the broad generalization of the statement, and I do think I am justified in pointing it out and making an issue of it Back to the topic at hand - Perhaps you can apply the proposed system (or peferrably the KoK system) to types of languages. In other words, you can gain skill ranks in "Romantic Languages", for example, and have some facility in all romance languages. I think that would make the sheer number of languages in the world more manageable for PCs to learn. [/QUOTE]

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