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The word "media" has become shorthand for "communications media". While correct in the original Latin, trying to use "media" as the plural for "medium" in any other context in English is jarring.
The word medium identifies a mean of communication. The commenter uses it to identify a mean of exchanging value. IMHO the word was both misused and misspelled.
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The word medium identifies a mean of communication. The commenter uses it to identify a mean of exchanging value. IMHO the word was both misused and misspelled.
"Medium of exchange" is standard terminology in economics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_of_exchange
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While some sources agree with you: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/mediums Both Media and Mediums are plural forms in common usage. Thus: https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mediums has mediums variants: or media plural of medium ex: https://www.uspto.gov/kids/MiddleSchool-HowWellSoundTravels.... And really, English just evolves over time so these kind of rules don’t actually mean anything.
Here in Italy (that is where the word was invented in the first place) that is considered a bad common mistake. Forgetting about the etymology or misusing a word is not what I would define as "evolution". We say multi-media, mass-media ecc. for a reason, for the same reason we don't say multi-mediums or mass-mediums.
This rule is of course often misapplied, especially for latin words.
Huh. I was in the Air Force from 2005-2010 and I literally never saw this. I was at LSA Anaconda in Iraq too (mentioned in the article) ... must be an Army thing?
But, apparently the US Dept. of the Treasury[3] manages three kinds of payment cards, EZPay, EagleCash, and Navy Cash.
Both the Army and Air Force use EagleCash[4][5].
There may have been some consolidation[6], but EZPay and Navy Cash still seem to have presence[7][8].
Note: previously there were four programs[9], once of which was Marine Cash.
[1]- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_1999
[2]- https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jizp?Space-1999The-Thirty-year...
[3]- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stored-value_card
[4]- https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/122557/eagle...
[5]- https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/eaglecash/organizations.html
[6]- https://www.usafmcom.army.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1...
[7]- https://fiscal.treasury.gov/ezpay/
[8]- https://fiscal.treasury.gov/navy-cash/
[9]- https://www.secureidnews.com/news-item/us-military-relies-on...
Wait until you guys see the prices for the "AAFES POGS" on ebay ... Basically while you can use cash, coins are too heavy to justify shipping into country. AAFES instead prints "gift certificates" in the shape of a pog, in 0.05, 0.10, 0.25 denominations. The resale value on these is hilariously high ... these are federally issued mediums of exchange being currency except in name only. And only useable in deployed loc…
The word medium comes from latin, its plural is "media", not "mediums".
I mean, it’s “hamburgers”, not “die Hamburger”, “robots”, not “roboti”, and “rubles”, not “rubli”/“рубли”.
Wait until you guys see the prices for the "AAFES POGS" on ebay ... Basically while you can use cash, coins are too heavy to justify shipping into country. AAFES instead prints "gift certificates" in the shape of a pog, in 0.05, 0.10, 0.25 denominations. The resale value on these is hilariously high ... these are federally issued mediums of exchange being currency except in name only. And only useable in deployed loc…
> in the shape of a pog In case you are wondering what a "pog" is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_caps_(game)
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The word medium comes from latin, its plural is "media", not "mediums".
I’m ESL, how far should the “thou should pluralize a loanword as it was in the original language” rule go? It seems to be not universal. I mean, it’s “hamburgers”, not “die Hamburger”, “robots”, not “roboti”, and “rubles”, not “rubli”/“рубли”.
There is no general rule. Life sucks.
- Faster transactions
- Can work "offline" (to some extent)
- No wasted energy calculating redundant sha256
- Able to rectify fraudulent transactions
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Not sure a whole book is needed, it seems fairly straightforward to show that society is based on threats of violence. If you don't pay someone, that someone can go to a judge. If you indeed did something illegal (e.g. if you did a double spend, money forgery, whatever) you should be declared guilty and ordered to pay the damages plus perhaps a fine. If you don't do that, the amount due will increase and eventually y…
One reason I am interested in Bitcoin is that it doesn't rely on violence to enforce it's rules.