In article <Me45RiAC5XXFFwHJ@thoss.plus.com>, thoss
<usenet@thoss.plus.com> writes[color=blue]
>On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 wrote:[color=green]
>>On 16-Nov-2006, "Sunil Sood" <news@soods.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:[/color][/color]
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>>> BT today announced it has made a recommended cash offer for PlusNet,
>>> offering 210p per share, valuing the company at approximately £67m.[/color][/color][/color]
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>>Customer service will deteriorate to the lowest common denominator.[/color][/color]
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>If customer service changed to the lowest common denominator I, for one,
>would rejoice. Perhaps you mean that it would deteriorate to the
>highest common factor.[/color]

Consider the numbers 3 and 9.
Their Highest Common Factor is 3.
Their Lowest Common Multiple is 9.

Perhaps a better example is this:

Consider the numbers 12 and 18.
Their Highest Common Factor is 6.
Their Lowest Common Multiple is 36.
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Chris