It is a wry commentary on the value-system in the United States that one speaks there of “teacher training” and “driver education.”

No wonder that Churchill described this effort [the British codebreakers working at Bletchley Park] as "Britian"s secret weapon," a weapon far more effective than the buzz bombs and the rockets that Werner von Braun designed for a German victory, a weapon absolutely decisive, in the judgement of many, in winning the war for the Allies.

It is a wry commentary on the value-system in the United States that one speaks there of "teacher training" and "driver education."

Mathematics should be fun.

Mathematics is for lazy people.

Computation involves going from a question to an answer. Mathematics involves going from an answer to a question.

They're reporting significant loss but we've seen a very good recovery in demand from the business traveller and that's high yield,

They grounded 45% of their fleet at the worst point. It was by far the most aggressive response to SARS,

Things have improved better than expected but it was quite possible SARS would linger for many months more than it did.

Even Cathay expects to have its flight pretty much back in the air at the end of next month. And I suspect airlines in general will be reducing the level of discounts over the next month or so.