I wrote about the increasing number of blades on a razor here on Sep 15 2005. Now, the Economist is looking at theMoore’s Law effect on the number of blades in a razor. The write suggests that additional blades follow a hyperbolic curve, not the curve suggested by Moore’s law. In English, instead of a

Triskaidekaphobia has the country in the throes of fear today. More specificaly, paraskavedekatriaphobia (fear of Friday the 13th instead of just the number 13) Images of Jason(R) occur to some and I’m sure that sales of 60s era white hockey masks are selling like hotcakes. Any image of bad luck makes an appearance to others.

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy? George Orwell