Jordà Polo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 06:04:58PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> I came up with something a while back, but now I don't remember exactly >> what it was. Something like certain, probable, possible, and wild >> guess. I'm not sure those names are any better. :) > > Well, those are certainly more meaningful :) > > But thinking about it, I'm not sure about the distinction between > probable and possible. I can appreciate the difference, but aren't both > words often used interchangeably? Anyway, I would like to use only one > of them, at least for now, and "possible" seems to be more equidistant > to certain and wild guess than "probable". > > Wild guess is probably the less standard name, but I like it because it > doesn't imply improbability. That sounds great to me. :) I agree that the distinction between probable and possible is thin and easy to lose. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
