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Posted on: April 17, 2008 11:11 AM, by Dave Bacon

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A word I accidentally mumbled in class: "crudimentary." I think it means both rudimentary and crude. Anyway, I like it, and am going to try to start weaseling it into as many talks as I possibly can. Speaking of which, here are slides for a guest lecture I gave to the local alternative models of computing class at UW.

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Good one!
With a little modification, we have "crudumentary" - a documentary that is crud.
Expelled, perhaps?

Posted by: T. Bruce McNeely | April 17, 2008 12:05 PM

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I can imagine T. Bruce McNeely's suggestion leading to this one-line review:

"The crudumentary 'Expelled' is craptacular!"

Posted by: Jonathan Vos Post | April 18, 2008 11:10 AM

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