Comments on: how to spell heuristics http://knackeredhack.com/2009/07/20/how-to-spell-heuristics/ the curious study of broken things Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:50:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Ken http://knackeredhack.com/2009/07/20/how-to-spell-heuristics/comment-page-1/#comment-109758 Ken Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:29:42 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/?p=767#comment-109758 Spelling heuristics are great in a world without spellcheck. But through the lens of usefulness: like the slide rule, the corner print shop and bell bottom pants, one will then see unbroken but obsolete. Spelling heuristics are great in a world without spellcheck. But through the lens of usefulness: like the slide rule, the corner print shop and bell bottom pants, one will then see unbroken but obsolete.

]]> By: knackeredhack http://knackeredhack.com/2009/07/20/how-to-spell-heuristics/comment-page-1/#comment-106474 knackeredhack Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:19:41 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/?p=767#comment-106474 Thanks Dan, call it a monkey with typewriter moment. The next one may be a long time coming. Tim Thanks Dan,

call it a monkey with typewriter moment. The next one may be a long time coming.

Tim

]]> By: Dan Goldstein http://knackeredhack.com/2009/07/20/how-to-spell-heuristics/comment-page-1/#comment-106286 Dan Goldstein Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:49:24 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/?p=767#comment-106286 "The teaching to children of how to apply rules of thumb may itself be a useful pedagogical exercise for our modern times, and perhaps is even a first order imperative; the kids would be better equipped to face a complex future than we turned out to be." Brilliance! "The teaching to children of how to apply rules of thumb may itself be a useful pedagogical exercise for our modern times, and perhaps is even a first order imperative; the kids would be better equipped to face a complex future than we turned out to be."

Brilliance!

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