Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 15:13:46 -0500 From: Shin Katsumata <skat@flask.com> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@FreeBSD.ORG>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: speed test Message-ID: <33F609E4.4E5D9A6C@flask.com> References: <199708161005.MAA02831@desk.jhs.no_domain>
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Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Reference: > > From: dkelly@hiwaay.net > > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 22:19:02 -0500 > > Message-id: <199708160319.WAA05640@nospam.hiwaay.net> > > Hi, > dkelly@hiwaay.net wrote: > > Poul-Henning Kamp writes: > > > > > > That should be moderately easy: Grab lites and get moving... > > > > > > I somehow doubt that there are many Mac owners who are into UNIX > ... > > > > I've always said, "Gimme a Mac, or gimme Unix, keep the half-baked > poor excus > > e Microsoft boxes to yourself." Maybe I'm 3-sigma? > > What does "3-sigma" mean in English ? > (I'm English not American, perhaps others were puzzled too ?) > 1 - sigma is 68.26% of population2 - sigma is 95.44% 3 - sigma is 99.74% (for those of you who wants to argue, I am getting the number out of a table for Normal Curve Area for 0 to z and I multiplied the number by 2). To translate "3-sigma" to semi-English (English is my second language, ok?), he may be one of 0.13% of population to want either Mac or unix: (100 - 99.74)/2.0. Shin
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