From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Oct 16 18:45:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA08981 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 18:45:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA08969 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 18:45:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (max2-168.HiWAAY.net [208.147.145.168]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with ESMTP id UAA00558; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 20:45:35 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.7/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA21819; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 18:35:57 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199710162335.SAA21819@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Greg Lehey cc: Ian Struble , dkelly@hiwaay.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: dkelly@hiwaay.net Subject: Re: Linux vs. the rest of the world, poor OS comparison on web p In-reply-to: Message from Greg Lehey of "Thu, 16 Oct 1997 13:03:06 +0930." <19971016130306.15812@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 18:35:56 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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.