Archive for October, 2007
Public Domain Under Attack
Monday, October 29th, 2007Times Less
Sunday, October 21st, 2007In Do the math – The Boston Globe columnist Jan Freeman dismisses objections to the common usage of “three times less than” to mean equal to one third of.
But the Merriam-Webster editors (per JF) are completely off base if they claim that “times less” has never been misunderstood. (more…)
Cave Man DidnT Have Classrooms
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007I got this post by Roger Schank via Stephen Downes and share Stephen’s concern with some of its polemical conclusions. The following counterpoint to Schank’s article may be a bit silly, but no more so than the original. (more…)