tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post5445108097921398106..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: Google ads disappoint again...Michael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-1713909100782818692008-08-23T09:10:00.000-07:002008-08-23T09:10:00.000-07:00@I'm not quite sure why it has that name.; the mea...@I'm not quite sure why it has that name.; the meaning of factor as in debt regulator is far older than the mathematical expression. From the Online Etymology Dictionary: factor (n.) Look up factor at Dictionary.com<BR/> 1432, "agent, deputy," from M.Fr. facteur "agent, representative," from L. factor "doer or maker," from facere "to do" (see factitious). Sense of "circumstance producing a result" is from 1816; the v. use in mathematics is attested from 1837<BR/><BR/>BTW nowadays a French post man is called a facteurAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-63862229924648373012008-08-11T22:34:00.000-07:002008-08-11T22:34:00.000-07:00That's one of the joys of modern life: sometimes ...That's one of the joys of modern life: sometimes <A HREF="http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=562" REL="nofollow">the woo</A> <A HREF="http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=543" REL="nofollow">comes to you</A>.Blake Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977394981287067289noreply@blogger.com