[seqfan] Re: The keyword "dumb"

[Eric Angelini]

Hello Benoît,

> this adjective is meant to refer to the sequence, its
  submitter could feel insulted by it.

Personnaly, I don't mind at all -- dumbness could be lived
as a reward by some people (me):

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This finite sequence is obtained by replacing the letters
you are reading now by their rank in the alphabet. 
20,8,9,19,6,9,14,9,20,5,19,5,17,21,5,14,3,5,9,19,15,2,20,
1,9,14,5,4,2,25,18,5,16,12,1,3,9,14,7,20,8,5,12,5,20,20,5,
18,19,25,15,21,1,18,5,18,5,1,4,9,14,7,14,15,23,2,25,20,8,
5,9,18,18,1,14,11,9,14,20,8,5.
fini,nonn,word,dumb 
Eric Angelini (eric.angelini(AT)kntv.be), Jul 26 2005 
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(which is the new version of A108967 -- correction submitted
to the OEIS a couple of minutes ago:
http://www2.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/A108967 )


Best,
É.





-----Message d'origine-----
De : seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu [mailto:seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu] De la part de Benoît Jubin
Envoyé : vendredi 27 novembre 2009 16:48
À : Sequence Fanatics Discussion list
Objet : [seqfan] The keyword "dumb"

Dear SeqFans,

I would like to know your opinion about suppressing the keyword "dumb"
(and replacing it by "less" where it appears), based on the following:
* It concerns only 72 sequences out of more than 160000.
* Does it mean something else than "less than less" (with the meaning
of the "less" keyword)?
* I'm not a native speaker (but many OEIS users aren't either), but to
me, this term is more than colloquial, and although this adjective is
meant to refer to the sequence, its submitter could feel insulted by
it.
* Keywords should exist only if there are good reasons for it -- I'm
not saying there are none, just that I do not see any.

Sincerely,
Benoit


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