Interesting article. I see my fingerprints all over it (<g>, which part, you ask? Heh-heh, on the side against the forces of evil.). Seriously, I see the simplest of calculations duffed in spreadsheets more often than I care to deal with. The most irritating is when someone uses a calculation for markup %, and calls the result the gross profit %. It is amazing more businesses running on razor thim margins manage to exist at all!
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Russell > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NF] But can you prove it? > > Nice rant on why programmers need to learn stats. > > <http://www.zedshaw.com/essays/programmer_stats.html> > > > > -- > Stephen Russell > Sr. Production Systems Programmer > Web and Windows Development > Independent Contractor > Memphis TN > > 901.246-0159 > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
