From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 15 05:07:59 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 04E7216A443 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 05:07:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C9F943D62 for ; Mon, 15 May 2006 05:07:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id k4F57ex98548; Sun, 14 May 2006 22:07:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Gary Hayers" , Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 22:07:40 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 Importance: Normal In-reply-to: <44674949.5000304@hayers.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 05:08:01 -0000 >-----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