An opinion piece by Clyde Haberman, "A Bit Less Than the Sum of Its Parts", appeared in the NY Times, I think today. The subhead for the article makes it seem to be about math education. Since I don't have access to their "Total Access" package (a mere $50/year) and didn't buy the paper, I don't know what it says. Can someone who read the article post at least a brief summary of what it says? ------------------------------------------------------------------ In other news, the NY Times printed an editorial detailing some of Google's violations of personal privacy here: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/28/opinion/28mon4.html?n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEdit.... I was so dismayed that I immediately wrote Google, asking them to delete all information they may have about me, and to in fact sever all ties (E.g., I had been registered for Google Groups.) I fully expect them to totally ignore me. But I'm interested in what others think about this editorial. --Dan