Thanks for all the comments. I started this thing as a goof, but I can
already see that it will serve dual purposes. Presenting information
in such a form can lead people to further insights and questions.
Deborah Pickett's comments in this thread are an example. (For some
real inspiring examples, see Edward Tufte's "Visual Explanations".)
To answer some comments:
What's periodic about it?
and
We hope it will be periodically updated. :)
I am preparing a second edition incorporating the corrections. While I
don't anticipate updating the chart this frequently in general, I would
like it to be mostly accurate at the start. Thereafter I'd be happy to
update it when Michael Lazzaro publishes the next version of the
operator list. (Perhaps he can give me a heads up and we'll strive for
a simultaneous release!)
I'd like to have this on a big poster, once it's up to date. Perhaps
you can set up a Cafepress store for this?
I will just as soon as the second edition is complete.
a few other words like 'termplars' don't make much sense to me.
The group names are, admittedly, flights of fancy. Not all of them
make sense, some are deliberate jokes, and many just sound funny to me.
"Declars" seems to be a term in use 'round these parts. Some of the
items in Michael's list were named "terms". The "Templars" were
crusading monks in the Middle Ages. And so I arrived at "Termplars".
Then "Bazaars" just came naturally. You weren't expecting any logic to
this, were you?
- Mark
Mark Lentczner
http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/
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