On Dec 21, 2007, at 3:04 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: > >> P.S., there was some discussion concerning the difference of human >> genetics not being accounted for. > > I only mentioned it briefly and so far you're the first one to > actually exchange about it. (I've always found it weird that the > word "discussion" is used for something in which there are not > already two persons exchanging, but quite a few textbooks use it > like that, so...)
Oh Matju - you are so kind. Sometimes you remind me of Malvin from War Games - http://youtube.com/watch?v=mNiiBrEHBWA&feature=related You need a Jim to keep you in line :) (said with love !!) >> The older broadcast formats for NTSC/PAL and SECAM are not ... >> final, per se. There are variants of all of these, and the YUV >> components can vary quite differently depending on what version of >> NTSC/PAL etc you want to use in what nation/geography. > > I don't think that most of the difference is in genetics of whole > populations. It might be plain statistical error due to the sample > size or the choice of the sample, or it could be the way to extract > a typical measure (mean vs median vs mode), or it could be an > instrumentation error (or just a choice in how it should be done, in > the case where it's not clear that only one way is not a mistake), > for example, filtering out high violet by using the wrong kind of > glass (it happened). Well, either way, the values are different, and im sure different methodologies produced the different results, but you cant deny that quite a large difference in genetic stock was used :) Anyway, was more of an offhand comment for those who may be reading. Thanks, > _ _ __ ___ _____ ________ _____________ _____________________ ... > | Mathieu Bouchard - tél:+1.514.383.3801, Montréal QC Canada _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
