From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 15 05:13:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E700C16A401 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 05:13:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary@hayers.org) Received: from smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7518443D46 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 05:13:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gary@hayers.org) Received: from [172.23.170.143] (helo=anti-virus02-10) by smtp-out2.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FfVP3-0004bW-7t for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 15 May 2006 06:13:57 +0100 Received: from [82.34.131.150] (helo=thor.hayers.net) by asmtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FfVP2-000890-Ok for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 15 May 2006 06:13:56 +0100 Received: from [192.168.8.2] (home.hayers.net [82.34.131.150]) (authenticated bits=0) by thor.hayers.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4F5Drml057416 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 06:13:53 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from gary@hayers.org) Message-ID: <44680E2F.9030602@hayers.org> Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 06:14:23 +0100 From: Gary Hayers User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter with Sophos (http://www.amavis.org) Cc: Subject: Re: New FreeBSD logo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 05:13:59 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> No, the majority of people who have posted do not like it, >> thats not the >> whole community. Maybe you should do your research better. >> > > It's probably a revelation to you but you do not have to poll > the entire community to find out if the majority of them don't > like something. This is called "sampling" The people who > have posted are a sample of the community. The vast majority > of this sample don't like it. Thus the majority of the community > doesen't like it. (those who hold opinions one way or another, > that is, and the opinion holders are the only ones that matter > in this particular issue) > > Ted I am well aware of what sampling means, your argument if flawed, you may have the sample of the community that does not like it, the people who do like it may not find it important enough to post about. Quite frankly it is of no importance as the community were not the ones with a say about it, the FreeBSD management were and they did. Gary