Tom, no apologies necessary to me, at least. I love this stuff.
Pamela
My apologies, and I seem to be pushing the evelope of original intent
for the FRIAM list, but I find this sort of "anthropology of numbers"
topic an interesting problem that converges on interesting questions
in how we design, say, databases or UIs that are applicable anywhere,
anytime.
"If the only prayer you say in your life is thank you, that would
suffice."
Meister Eckhardt
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