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August 17, 2003

It's all in the ordering

I find the title of this story interesting, "Saboteurs Hit Iraqi Oil, Water Supply". If we're really not that interested in oil, why not reverse the order? I like to view headlines like these as the ultimate form of data compression. It says so much, using so little space...

Posted by reid at August 17, 2003 11:07 PM | TrackBack
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ascii-betical order...

Posted by: dfc on August 18, 2003 09:54 PM

I wonder if oil comes before water in Arabic...

Posted by: Reid on August 20, 2003 07:38 PM

I wonder if you are looking for a convienient way out of the argument;)

Posted by: dfc on August 21, 2003 07:17 PM
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