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Date:      Thu, 2 Mar 2000 21:08:43 -0500
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
Cc:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>, freebsd-chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: any news on w2k in the world?
Message-ID:  <20000302210843.A42084@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <v04220829b4e46cef7815@[195.238.1.121]>; from blk@skynet.be on Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 08:12:44PM %2B0100
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003021905500.93707-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <v04220829b4e46cef7815@[195.238.1.121]>

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On Thu, Mar 02, 2000 at 08:12:44PM +0100, Brad Knowles wrote:
[snip]
> 	Don't believe *ANYTHING* about *ANYTHING* of theirs, until and 
> unless you either have uncontestable first-hand knowledge yourself, 
> or you have a report from someone you personally know very well and 
> highly respect, and they have uncontestable first-hand knowledge.

Eye-witness testimony, that is anecdotal evidence, is inherently
unreliable. Reports from a handful of others is usually not very
useful. Too easy for one outlier to skew the sample.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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