...
> This also suggests that calling the statistics "INVALID" may be too
> strong a pejorative, as all the counts reflect actual activity to the
> file - it's just that they do not represent ALL the activity to the
file.
I'm afraid I don't understand how this doesn't make the results "invalid".
If your gas gauge says 1/4 tank as your engine coughs and halts, wouldn't
you consider your gas gauge registering "invalid"?
...
Hear! Hear!
Incomplete. Invalid. Meaningless.
Semantics.
The bottom line: the stats cannot help you!
Everything else is noise.
-teD
In God we Trust!
All others bring data!
--Deming
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