From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Aug 17 09:50:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA08553 for chat-outgoing; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 09:50:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wall.jhs.no_domain (vector.muc.ditec.de [194.120.126.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA08536 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 09:50:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wall.jhs.no_domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wall.jhs.no_domain (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id MAA01623; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 12:28:00 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199708171028.MAA01623@wall.jhs.no_domain> To: Warner Losh , Shin Katsumata , "Christopher R. Bowman" cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: speed test From: "Julian H. Stacey" Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" X-Email: Home: Lists: X-web: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ X-address: Holz Strasse 27d, 80469 Munich, Germany X-tel: Home +49.89.268616, Work +49.89.607.29788 Fax +49.89.2608126, Data +49.89.26023276 X-company: Vector Systems Ltd, Unix & Internet Consultants. X-software: FreeBSD (Unix) + EXMH 1.6.9 (PGP key on web) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 16 Aug 1997 12:42:09 MDT." Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 12:27:59 +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Reference: > From: Warner Losh > Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 12:42:09 -0600 > Message-id: Hi, Thanks to Warner Losh & Shin Katsumata & Christopher R. Bowman for answering my > : What does "3-sigma" mean in English ? > : (I'm English not American, perhaps others were puzzled too ?) so it was my lack of familiarity with statisitics theory, plus perhaps a transatlantic linguistic gap ... I never did do much stats :-) Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/