I find that explanation a lot more complicated than it needs to be! Back recursion is good for computers, but silly for humans. Start the other way round and use induction: two people are siblings; their children are cousins; their grandchildren are 2nd cousins, etc. The problem with removal is that it's symmetric, which is silly, because we have a different word for nephew/uncle.
Blogosphere consensus seems to be that the second story is a publicity stunt by that website, which seems to have worked a storm. I wonder what there ad venue spike looks like?
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andrewducker) wrote2010-01-05 11:02 am
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Back recursion is good for computers, but silly for humans. Start the other way round and use induction: two people are siblings; their children are cousins; their grandchildren are 2nd cousins, etc.
The problem with removal is that it's symmetric, which is silly, because we have a different word for nephew/uncle.
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*raspberry*
A a person who is part Jewish this INFURIATES me.
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