Comment Re:Not "decimating" (Score 1) 1102

by hairyface on Monday October 02, 2006 @12:44AM (#16272919) Attached to: Globalization Decimating US I.T. Jobs

In fact, "decimation" is from Latin and means "removal of a tenth". So losing 17,4% is _worse_ than decimation. The Roman army used it as an extreme punishment. Soldiers were divided into groups of 10 and drew lots to decide which one of them would be executed (by his comrades)!

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