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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Being as I am generally considered one of those weird people who actually get math, you'd think I could keep my terminology straight.  Clearly it's been a while  -- that is indeed what I meant. |
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I know you believe you understood what you think I wrote, but I am not sure you realise what you read is not what I meant. ---Robert McCloskey
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BTW you're not the first I've seen make the mistake. Probably because LCD is often used by people who don't know the source of the term. HCF hasn't entered into the news writers lexicon of hackneyed phrases (that's why they're called 'hacks').
They also use decimate when they mean annihilate.
BR