On 2 Apr 2013, at 23:20, Deepa Mohan <mohande...@gmail.com> wrote: > - *OTOH, the reductionist overhead:revenue ratio as a metric of >> 'deservingness' ..... to play the >> ratio game, as it is of the need for a one-size-fits-all comparator* > > > Sorry...but that acronym, those words....I'm afraid this is a good example > of the kind of prose that will switch my attention off. For this passage > (or failage) above, I have to remember "On The Other Hand". I have to think > of what "reductionist" means. Figure out what overhead revenue ration is. > What "metric of deservingness" is...what a "comparator" is...all this > before trying to follow the actual argument! > > We do seem to forget how to keep our words simple. > > > Deepa.
Apologies, Deepa.
