Marcos wrote circa 11-08-24 01:12 PM:
> you've
> seemed to eliminated all the personal Glen-as-memeplex set of
> possibilities. The only thing that remains then is genetics, yes?
Well, "eliminated" is a strong word. ;-) I have 3 good suggestions: 1)
Greg's "it's adopted by standards groups", whi
> Seriously? What types of genetically caused idiosyncrasies have you found.
Sorry, I guess I'm being a little sloppy. But informally, (what did
Sherlock Holmes say: "If you eliminate all the impossibilities,
whatever remains, however improbable, MUST be the truth."), you've
seemed to eliminate
Marcos wrote circa 11-08-23 06:48 PM:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:53 AM, glen e. p. ropella
> wrote:
>>> Hypothesis: you are Greek in ancestry and the old disagreement with
>>> the Romans at Sparta is making your biology *refuse* the adoption of
>>> Roman linguistic conventions.
>>
>> Ha! Yes!
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:53 AM, glen e. p. ropella
wrote:
>> Hypothesis: you are Greek in ancestry and the old disagreement with
>> the Romans at Sparta is making your biology *refuse* the adoption of
>> Roman linguistic conventions.
>
> Ha! Yes! That must be it.
It sounds funny, but I've act
Marcos wrote circa 11-08-22 08:16 PM:
> Hypothesis: you are Greek in ancestry and the old disagreement with
> the Romans at Sparta is making your biology *refuse* the adoption of
> Roman linguistic conventions.
Ha! Yes! That must be it.
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:07 AM, glen e. p. ropella
wrote:
> To some extent. Unfortunately, I've ended up believing that we are
> defined by our environment. Of course, there's (at least) a transience
> to the effect of any cause. The genes we're born with have a very long
> transient. [grin]
Greg Sonnenfeld wrote circa 11-08-20 06:27 PM:
> It really seems an issue of what standards body or dialect you decide
> to choose as proper.
To some extent. Unfortunately, I've ended up believing that we are
defined by our environment. Of course, there's (at least) a transience
to the effect of
The subject is discussed in depth here:
http://purl.org/nxg/note/singular-data
The conclusion? "The data is in: it is massive, and it is singular."
—R
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Glen,
I have this problem too, but before your post had not thought about how
localized a problem it is. Having thought about this for a few days, I have a
hypothesis you might find more satisfying: The reason you often use 'data' as a
singular noun is because you are often referring to (or thinki
> Well, that might be an indirect cause for my bad behavior, I suppose. I
> could say that "So many of my colleagues do it that it's only natural
> that I would do it sporadically as well, even if I'm trying not to do
> it."
>
>What makes "data" trickier than those others?
Well here are somet
Greg Sonnenfeld wrote circa 11-08-19 10:33 AM:
> Data is now accepted as a mass noun by most computing organizations
> including those in IEEE. I remember having a long debate about this at
> Ames in regards to a publication.
Well, that might be an indirect cause for my bad behavior, I suppose. I
I'm amused/bemused by the history of the word "atom", from the Greek
meaning not (a-) cuttable (tom, as in tomography). The 19th-century
scientists who used the word knew Greek, so for them the word itself
was presumably perceived as two components, a-tom, but the object
itself was deemed indivisib
Ah, Nick, each choice is buggered no matter which way one turns. That
eternal torment seems to be the crucible that makes it impossible for
language ever to rest.
The voiced-syllable-initial-th at the beginning of this, that, and the
other (_not_ "thing") is a characteristic of the function wor
n "Each to ter own
taste." I sort of liked it, but it never caught on... even in Ms Mag.
Nick
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Data is now accepted as a mass noun by most computing organizations
including those in IEEE. I remember having a long debate about this at
Ames in regards to a publication.
Greg Sonnenfeld
"Junior programmers create simple solutions to simple problems. Senior
progra
I'm looking for a little psychological insight, here. Why do I so often
screw up the subject verb agreement with the word "data"? I know data
is plural... but "datum" is so rare ... and a bit pretentious ... and,
unless you get down to an atomic "bit", any "datum" is probably "data"
if you crack
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