atw: Re: pet hates

Terry said:
 
> the use of multipliers for reductions, as in "this is
> 500% smaller than the previous model" or 
> "ten times slower".
 
Good one, Terry.  Not even the proponents of this garbage can explain
it sensibly and it should be on every blacklist.  I blame journalists
for popularising it as they try to find some way of differentiating
their work.
 
(I'm in a grumpy mood, having just read some press releases from my
employer - and they *all* had errors.  I feel like correcting them and
sending them back, but I know better than to pull a stunt like that.)
 
Allan
 
 

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