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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/ti:m T/ , n. 1. An unspecified but usually well-understood time, often used
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in conjunction with a later time T+1. We'll meet on campus at time T or at
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Louie's at time T+1 means, in the context of going out for dinner: We can
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meet on campus and go to Louie's, or we can meet at Louie's itself a bit
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later. (Louie's was a Chinese restaurant in Palo Alto that was a favorite
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with hackers.) Had the number 30 been used instead of the number 1, it would
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have implied that the travel time from campus to Louie's is 30 minutes;
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whatever time T is (and that hasn't been decided on yet), you can meet half
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an hour later at Louie's than you could on campus and end up eating at the
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same time. See also since time T equals minus infinity.
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