I am not one to claim any expertise in math, but a gripe from a very tech-savvy friend is leading me to declare a new rule: Only use “times” — or if you must, “x” — when indicating increases, never when indicating a decrease. Let’s pick on Wired first. From this cover story: Most of the software we use today has its origins in the pre-Internet era, when storage was at a premium, machines ran thousands of times slower, and applications were sold in shrink-wrapped boxes for hun