Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 22:07:40 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Gary Hayers" <gary@hayers.org>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: New FreeBSD logo Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKEPEFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <44674949.5000304@hayers.org>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Gary Hayers >Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 8:14 AM >To: questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: New FreeBSD logo > > >Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> The community has already spoken, go back and look at all the >> posts on this and the other lists on the logo, the majority of >> them don't like it. >> >> Ted > >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
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