Re: Expressing fractions

From: Jordan Abel (jmabel_at_purdue.edu)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: 10 Jan 2005 09:53:54 GMT

On 2005-01-09, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>> > And that doesn't go just for scientists -- the Statue of Liberty isn't
>> > "rusty."
>>
>> I'm not sure i follow your logic - copper carbonate can't be called
>> "rust" because that would result in the application of such an
>> unfavorable adjective as "rusty" to something we should respect for what
>> it stands for?
>
> My "logic" is that the SoL is the biggest copper thing we can be pretty
> sure LSD is familiar with; it's green; it didn't get that way by
> rusting.

yes it did. [the point being you can't use that claim to prove that it's
not rust]

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