On Apr 29, 2013, at 4:55 PM, Joe Abley <jab...@hopcount.ca> wrote: > > On 2013-04-29, at 16:49, Sam Hartman <hartmans-i...@mit.edu> wrote: > >>>>>>> "Stewart" == Stewart Bryant <stbry...@cisco.com> writes: >> >> >> Stewart> Why would you disregard a statistical analysis? That seems >> Stewart> akin to disregarding the fundamentals of science and >> >> Statistical analysis is only useful if it's going to tell you something >> that matters for your decision criteria. > > http://i.imgur.com/47D7zGq.png
Wow, that *was* useful, and has helped reinforce my belief that I chose the right browser -- "Think of the children, don't use IE." Couldn't resist: http://xkcd.com/552/ W > > > Joe > -- There were such things as dwarf gods. Dwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire damp could suddenly explode they'd seen the need for gods as the sort of supernatural equivalent of a hard hat. Besides, when you hit your thumb with an eight-pound hammer it's nice to be able to blaspheme. It takes a very special and straong-minded kind of atheist to jump up and down with their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout, "Oh, random-fluctuations-in-the-space-time-continuum!" or "Aaargh, primitive-and-outmoded-concept on a crutch!" -- Terry Pratchett
