The National Coin Flipping League Championship Series- October 21, 2004 No tech today, but a little basic math. In baseball, a sport I know little about, apparently the Boston Red Sox have recently come back from a three game deficit to win a best-of-seven series against their traditional rival team, the New York Yankees. Baseball is a game which attracts statisticians, and many have noted that this is the first time in major league baseball history that a team has won a best of seven series after being down three games to none. However, it has happened..http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2004/10/21/the-national-coin-flipping-league-cha... Anthimeria weirds languages- October 1, 2004 A little non-technical rant for a Friday. Professor Thingo, in a recent blog entry, decries the use of "Gestalt" as a verb and asks "Does the English language now allow parts of speech to be used entirely interchangeably Did I miss a memo" Though I also would personally balk at verbing "Gestalt" and "architecture" (but not "architect", a perfectly good verb!) I feel compelled to answer the rhetorical question -- yes, by and large English does allow parts of speech to be used interchangeably. In.http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2004/10/01/anthimeria-weirds-languages.aspx |