On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Geoffrey Spear wrote: >> "To decrease a value by -1" cannot be reasonably interpreted to mean >> the same thing as "to increase a value by 1". > > Obviously, it can. I just did. If you don't like the result, provide > something that I haven't directly refuted already, otherwise have at > least a little respect for the fact that it Wasn't Your Turn to Judge.
By the way, I define "a little respect" as taking a similar several hours to what I did looking at definitions of "decrease", uses in context, uses in mathematical terms, uses of the term "parameter" in similar contexts, etc., the difference between tangible items, items with properties, and the properties themselves, and provide evidence that you have done so, instead of re-hashing your own pre-conceived notions. Thank you. -Goethe