A list of 14 words by uselessness.
- charleswas added by uselessness and appears on 4 lists
- fourierwas added by uselessness and appears on 3 lists
- avogadrowas added by uselessness and appears on 7 lists
- grimmwas added by uselessness and appears on 7 lists
- zipfwas added by uselessness and appears on just this list
- boylewas added by uselessness and appears on 2 lists
- benfordwas added by uselessness and appears on just this list
- keyneswas added by uselessness and appears on just this list
- greshamwas added by uselessness and appears on 2 lists
- clarkwas added by uselessness and appears on 8 lists
- moorewas added by uselessness and appears on 2 lists
- godwinwas added by uselessness and appears on just this list
- murphywas added by uselessness and appears on 2 lists
- newtonwas added by uselessness and appears on 17 lists
trivet commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
Boyle!
Locard has a principle and Ockham has a razor, do those count?
August 7, 2007
uselessness commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
Thanks! I really wanted to add those two, but we'll stick to "laws" for this list. :-)
August 7, 2007
oroboros commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
Burke!? :oD
August 7, 2007
uselessness commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
Haha, that one might be a stretch! ;-)
August 7, 2007
jennarenn commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
No matter how tiny thy town, thou shalt name all thy streets and landmarks after thine own self.
Burke Rd., (The other) Burke Rd., Burke Center Pkwy., Burke Lake Rd., Burke Commons Rd., Burke Woods Dr., Burke Towne Ct., Burke View Ave., Col. Silas Burke Park, etc.
August 7, 2007
uselessness commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
Must be a local occurrence... I've never run into any of those. Or on them. :-)
August 7, 2007
reesetee commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
Great list, uselessness! I'm thinkin'....
August 7, 2007
seanahan commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
Can't forget about zipf.
August 8, 2007
uselessness commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
Zipf's Law is the hideous result of colliding the mathematical and linguistic worlds, something that never, ever should have happened. You don't apply incomprehensible calculus functions to words... it's just wrong. However, I'll add it to the list because I am merciful, and it does count. Get it, count? I kill me!
August 8, 2007
reesetee commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
Grimm (linguistics)? Avogadro and Fourier (thermodynamics)?
August 8, 2007
trivet commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
Charles
August 8, 2007
uselessness commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
Buncha physicists around here! That stuff's beyond me! Thanks for the names.
August 8, 2007
reesetee commented on the list ignorance-of-the-law-is-no-excuse
Oh no, I'm about as far from being a physicist as a person can be! I just remember the names from long-ago school days.
August 8, 2007