I’m having trouble understanding this last message or how you got these results, but I guess you’re right about this topic being somewhat straying from LC. So, I want to say I really appreciate your help and ideas. I will continue to attempt to push back the frontiers of my ignorance.
Thanks and cheers, Roger > On Sep 5, 2020, at 1:19 PM, Thomas von Fintel via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > f you divide the circle in four equal parts using two diagonal lines, you > find that 25 percent of all points have a x-value of more than 70 percent of > the radius. Using 200 as radius, 25% of all points x > 141,42 (= > cos(45°)*200). But using your method only 60/400 = 15% of points have value x > greater than 141,42. So there ecertainly is a bias towards points in the > upper and lower quarter. > > I have no idea why this bias isn't influencing your results. Maybe because > the second point is also influenced by this bias. But how? > > I wonder whether it's okay to keep this discussion on the list. We are > straying far from matters LiveCode. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
