Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 18:35:56 -0500 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Ian Struble <ian@majesticnet.com>, dkelly@hiwaay.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. the rest of the world, poor OS comparison on web p Message-ID: <199710162335.SAA21819@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> of "Thu, 16 Oct 1997 13:03:06 %2B0930." <19971016130306.15812@lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey replies: [snip] > >> Write it up correctly and http://www.improb.com/ will publish it. > >> > >> I've heard of a book or booklette named, "How to Lie With Statistics". > >> Does this book really exist? If so, where could I find one? > > > > Go talk to a Statistics Professor at your nearest University. I am > > sure they could give you some pointers. 'Give me a statistic and I > > can prove anything' is something that one of my Stats profs used to say. > > And I tend to believe him! > > I remember that somebody I worked with had discovered a positive > correlation between orange juice consumption and testicle size. That's *exactly* the kind of material http://www.improb.com/ is looking for! A small dose of their free email journal: ----------------------------------------------------- 1997-09-21 How to Receive mini-AIR, etc. (*) What you are reading right now is mini-AIR. It is NOT a tiny version of AIR -- rather, it is overflow from the real magazine. To subscribe, send a brief E-mail message to: LISTPROC@AIR.HARVARD.EDU The body of your message should contain ONLY the words SUBSCRIBE MINI-AIR MARIE CURIE (You may substitute your own name for that of Madame Curie.) ---------------------------- To stop subscribing, send the following message: SIGNOFF MINI-AIR To obtain a list of back issues, send this message: INDEX MINI-AIR To retrieve a particular back issue, send a message specifying which issue you want. For example, to retrieve the issue dated 950706, send this message: GET MINI-AIR MINI-AIR.950706 ----------------------------------------------------- I wonder how many subscribe as Madame Curie? -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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